‘My heart was never there’ — Akpabio denies ever belonging to PDP

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has denied ever being a
member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), despite previously holding
elective and political positions on the party’s platform.

 

Akpabio spoke during Tuesday’s plenary while responding to a
motion seeking to honour Ibrahim Idris, the late former governor of Kogi state.

The motion was sponsored by Jibrin Isah, senator
representing Kogi east, who recalled that Idris was a member of the PDP and
told Akpabio that they had all belonged to the party at the time.

“The late Ibrahim Idris was a member of the PDP; I was there
while you were there too, all of us were there,” Isah said.

Isah described Idris, who governed Kogi state from May 29,
2003, to January 27, 2012, as the longest-serving governor in the state’s
history.

Akpabio, however, interrupted the senator and rejected the
reference to his membership of the PDP.

“I was never in PDP. My spirit might be there, but my heart
was never there. I have always been a progressive,” the senate president said.

Akpabio served as governor of Akwa Ibom state from 2007 to
2015 and chaired the PDP Governors’ Forum during his tenure.

He was also elected to the senate in 2015 on the platform of
the PDP and served as senate minority leader between 2015 and 2018.

Akpabio, however, defected from the PDP to the All
Progressives Congress (APC) in 2018.

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