President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has sworn in Augustine Akobundu as the Senator Representing Abia Central Senatorial District on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Akpabio, who presided over plenary, asked the Clerk to the Senate, Chinedu Akubueze, to administer the oaths of office and allegiance on Akobundu before he was led to his seat.
The lawmaker who is a retired Colonel, a former minister of state for defence and former National Organising Secretary of the PDP, replaces Darlington Nwokocha of the Labour Party, a former Senate Minority Chief Whip, who was sacked by the court.
