Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south, says he is supporting Godswill Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, for senate president because he is the preferred candidate of President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking when he appeared on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on Wednesday, Ndume said Tinubu also told him to spearhead Akpabio’s campaign and ensure he becomes the number three citizen.
Even though the All Progressives Congress(APC) has chosen Akpabio to be senate president, the likes of Abdulaziz Yari, a former governor of Zamfara, and Orji Uzor Kalu, chief whip of the senate, have insisted on contesting the position.
The Borno senator said supporting the former senate minority leader is about “justice” and “doing what is right”.