Former governor of Akwa Ibom State and ex-Niger Delta Minister, Senator Godswin Akpabio, on Tuesday, was elected the President of the Senate for the 10th National Assembly.
Akpabio, who is the annointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress, defeated another former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari.
Akpabio, who got 63 votes, defeated Yari, who polled 46 votes at the end of voting on the floor of the Red Chamber.