To declare my seat vacant, Saraki’s must be declared vacant, says Akpabio

Previous Senate Minority Leader Godswill Akpabio yesterday announced as insignificant "gossip" the hint that his seat was probably going to be pronounced empty by Senate President Bukola Saraki.

He said he was not irritated by the report, saying over asserted plot to pronounce his seat empty.

The Akwa Ibom North west congressperson demanded that if the Senate President announces his seat empty, Saraki's seat ought to likewise be proclaimed empty particularly when there is no division in the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Inquired as to whether he is annoyed about reports that his seat may be pronounced empty because of his absconding to the APC, Akpabio stated:

"Indeed, even as you are taking a gander at me, do I look annoyed? I have not heard the report. Since the motivation behind why I imagine that is gossip is that there is, right now, no division in the APC.

"The APC is one family. In the event that you find out about R-APC that was not by any means a political gathering that was not a division, has since been expended in what they call Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP).

"Along these lines, there is no division. Thus any absconding from APC to PDP, we will get a kick out of the chance to proclaim those seats empty."

On the request of the APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole that Saraki ought to beremoved on the off chance that he declined to leave and whether they are activating for the indictment, Akpabio said

He stated: "I just rolled in from Ikot-Ekpene, (Akwa Ibom State) where I chose with my kin to join the APC. I'm yet to be advised on any of those things.

"I have not heard anything. Also, what I am hearing currently is the thing that you are letting me know. In any case, for what reason don't you sit tight for me to formally converse with you. I trust that when the National Assembly continues you will get notification from me straightforwardly. In this way, practice persistence."

Akpabio portrayed his deserting as "a major occasion that pulled in the self important in the nation."

Nudged to state more Akpabio said "I have noticed every one of your reports. We are likewise in Abuja. In this way, thank you for the reports."

Be that as it may, an authority in the Senate President's office stated: "It is a piece of the extortion to connect Saraki with plot to announce Senator Godswill Akpabio's seat empty.

"The procedures of announcing a seat empty is clear. Saraki has nothing to do with the implication to pronounce any seat empty. We would prefer not to be drawn into the superfluous hint.

"It is a piece of the dark in light of the fact that Saraki has no arrangement to proclaim anyone's seat empty," says a source in Saraki's office who does not need his name specified."