Senate President Godswill Akpabio has come under attack for telling other senators in the Upper Chamber that the clerk of the National Assembly will send some money into their various bank accounts to enable them to enjoy their holiday.
A video surfaced online on Wednesday, August 9, where the President of the Senate was sheard saying the statement before a motion of adjournment was moved at the end of the Senate’s ministerial screening.
The Upper Chamber on Monday concluded the screening and confirmation of President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominees.
Thereafter, the senators adjourned plenary to September 26.
He said, “In order to enable all of us to enjoy our holidays, a token has been sent to our various accounts by the clerk of the national assembly.”
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The Senate President was quickly informed by his colleagues that he was speaking before live television and press cameras.
Akpabio then made another statement to ‘counter’ what he had earlier revealed.
He said, “I withdraw that statement.”
He continued, “In order to allow you to enjoy your holiday, the Senate President has sent prayers to your mailboxes to assist you to go on a safe journey and return.”
Nigerians have, however, knocked the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio after he revealed that senators have been sent money to enable them to enjoy their holiday.
In another news, detectives from the Agbor Division of the Delta State Police Command have arrested three suspects who allegedly specialise in stealing motorcycles in Agbor and its environs.
One locally made cut-to-size pistol and a live cartridge were recovered from the suspects, identified as Efosa Osemere, aka Kpako, 23, Nwabuzor Joseph, 30, and Otasowie Osaso, 33.
Their arrest was confirmed in a statement signed by Delta State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe.
The statement affirmed that the incriminating items were discovered after a search of the suspects’ houses.
The trio remains in police custody until the investigation is concluded, Edafe said.