To sack me, seats of all defectors in the Senate must also be declared vacant –Akpabio

Senator Godswill Akpabio ( APC -Akwa Ibom ) says any move to declare his seat vacant in the Senate will prove abortive .He said though he had yet to hear about it , if his seat must be declared vacant , the seats of those who defected to the Peoples Democratic Party should also be declared vacant .

Akpabio made this known in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Monday .
According to him , if the excuse of those calling for his seat to be declared vacant is that there is no rancour in PDP to warrant his defection , they should also know that there is no rancour in APC .
“ Any defection from APC to PDP, we will like to declare those seats vacant .
“ As you are looking at me , do I look perturbed ? I have not heard the report .
“ I think that is a rumour because at the moment , there is no division in the APC . The APC is one family .
“ If you hear about R -APC that was not really a political party , that was not a division .
“ It has since been consumed in what they call Coalition of United Political Parties ( CUPP) .
On the threat by APC National Chairman , Adams Oshiomhole , to get the President of the Senate , Dr . Bukola Saraki impeached , Akpabio said he was not aware of that .
“ I just came in from Ikot -Ekpene , where I decided with my people to join APC . I ’m yet to be briefed on any of those items . I have not heard anything.
“ Why don’ t you wait for me to formally talk to you? I believe that when the National Assembly resumes , you will hear from me directly. So , exercise patience ,” he said .
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Akpabio , while defecting from PDP to APC , also tendered his resignation as the Senate Minority Leader.

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