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By Deji Elumoye in Abuja
Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has written formally to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), intimating it of his plan not to participate in the planned Akwa Ibom North West rerun.
The former Senate Minority Leader in the Eighth Senate in a letter dated December 2, and addressed to the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, attributed his withdrawal from the Senatorial rerun to the huge responsibility his position as Minister of Niger Delta Affairs has placed on him.
He said “I have taken into consideration the critical national assignment bestowed on me by Mr. President which will be of immense importance to Nigerians and in particular the indigenes of the Niger Delta region and have resolved to remain as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to further discharge my contributions and services to our great…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
