Akwa Ibom PDP Pleads With Saraki To Declare Akpabio’s Seat Vacant

Akpabio PDP Wants Akpabio’s Seat Declared Vacant

The Peoples Democratic Party in Akwa Ibom State has written the Senate demanding the immediate declaration of the seat of the  former Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, vacant.

Akpabio who was, until recently, the Senate Minority leader before he defected to the All Progressives Congress.

The Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Mr Ini Emembong, said the party took the decision because it was not within its purview to declare the seat of a defecting senator vacant.

Emembong explained that the letter was addressed to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, because he reserved the power to declare seats of senators vacant, as provided by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He said, “The declaration will be done on the floor of the Senate. We have made the request through a letter. We would have been taken the matter to court, but the constitution says when such a thing happens, it is the Senate President that will declare a defector’s seat vacant.”

It will be recalled that Naija News last week reported that the  Senate President, Bukola Saraki was ordered by an Abuja High Court not to declare the seat of former Minority Leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio vacant.