The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has finally opened up about reports on his alleged ailing health while in London, United Kingdom.
Recall that a social media user, Jackson Use has in a post claimed that Akpabio was sick.
In response to Ude’s claim, the Senate President said reacting to such social media is tantamount to going to war.
Akpabio’s words, “If you listen to the social media, you will go to war.”
In a statement issued on Monday, Jackson Udom, the special assistant to Akpabio on media said the Senate President made the remark when his colleague, Gbenga Daniel visited him in London.
According to Udom, Daniel, the chairman of the Senate committee on Navy, confirmed that Akpabio is hale and hearty.
Udom said Daniel made a stopover in London to intimate the Senate president of the forthcoming August 16 bye-election to fill the vacant Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo north federal constituency seat in Ogun state (Daniel’s State).
He also told the Senate president of his plan to return to Nigeria ahead of the poll.
“I am here to formally inform you, Mr Senate President, that I will be returning to Nigeria to partake in the August 16 bye-election into the Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North federal constituency, which was declared vacant after the death of late Hon Onanuga,” Daniel was quoted as saying.
“Your excellency, the news out there is that you have been indisposed, but seeing you here now paints a very different picture. Congratulations, your excellency,” he added.
In his response, Akpabio commended the lawmaker for his initiative to visit him.
He stated, “With the commitments and support of Governor Dapo Abiodun, your good self and other stakeholders of our party in the state, we will retain the House of Representatives seat at the end of the election.
“Let me congratulate you in advance, because you have all it takes to retain that federal constituency seat for our great party. You are from there, and interestingly, the governor is also from there, so I don’t harbour any fear,” Akpabio said.