Akpabio Pacifies defeated Senators at primaries, raises their hope
40 serving Senators were defeated at the recently conducted party primaries last month ahead of the 2027 general election. During plenary Akpabio tried pacify those who lost.
Akpabio said, “I would say I congratulate the political parties, one or two of which emanated from these chambers. They recently concluded their primaries and all the internal democratic processes. I felicitate particularly with those who have secured their mandates. Thank you. to represent their parties in the next election. I know that there will always be victories and disappointments, yet above every individual triumph stands a greater triumph, the triumph of democracy itself.
Recall that prior to the primaries, the Senate held series of closed door sessions from which assurances were to Senators by their leaders on automatic or return ticket by consus .
However at the beginning of the primaries , only the President of the Senate , Godwill Akpabio ( Akwa Ibom North West ) and the Leader , Opeyemi Bamidele ( Ekiti Central ), got automatic tickets while the Deputy President of the Senate , Barau Jibrin ( Kano North ), the three Senators from Borno and Lagos States, Adams Oshiomhole, Edo North, others got return tickets through consensus arrangement.
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