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Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said no amount of blackmail from fifth columnists would stop the red chamber from carrying out its lawful responsibilities to Nigerians and President Bola Tinubu.
Akpabio stated this on Thursday at an emergency plenary session while reacting to the comments of the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, who drew the attention of his colleagues to the media reports on the plan to buy a brand new executive jet for Tinubu and his deputy, Kashim Shettima.
Akpabio, explained that he was not in the country when the news about him vowing to approve a new airplane for Tinubu notwithstanding the current hunger in the land.
He nevertheless pledged that no amount of blackmail will stop him and his colleagues from approving the purchase of a new plane for Tinubu if it would guarantee the safety of his life.
Akpabio said, “I was in Zanzibar attending to inter parliamentary union meetings when that…
Source: Thisday Newspaper
