Akpabio Back From London, Debunks Rumours Of ill Health

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has returned to the country from London today.

This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja, by his Special Adviser on Media and publicity Eyiboh Eseme.

According to the statement, some social media reported that Akpabio was critically ill and admitted in a London hospital, but the Senate President dismissed the rumours as the imagination of the purveyors.

“There’s nothing like such. I’m fit as a fiddle. I only stopped over in London for a short vacation,” Akpabio said.

The statement explained that the President of the Senate had attended the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament in Geneva between July 29 and 31st after which he headed to London to rest after a hectic legislative year.

It stressed that Senator Akpabio, who touched down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 4.00am Monday was received at the Presidential Wing by senators, aides and Nigerians from different walks of life.

The statement however explained that in response to questions from journalists on arrival, the President of the Senate promised Nigerians robust legislative engagements on resumption.

“Nigeria was adequately represented by its delegation at the International Parliamentary Union in Geneva, am assuring the people of more dividends of democracy and collaboration with the other arms of government.”

PR/Garry Ochigbo