Senate President Godswill Akpabio said on Tuesday that several opposition governors are finalising plans to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and urged President Bola Tinubu to be ready to receive them. He made the remarks at the launch of Governor Hope Uzodimma’s book, “Ten Years of Impactful Leadership of the APC Administration in Nigeria,” in Owerri, Imo State.
“Mr President, with what you have done in the last two years, get ready to receive more governors from the opposition parties. As I speak, there are several governors in Nigeria today that are ready to be received by you,” Akpabio said.
The Senate President also defended the Tinubu administration’s reforms, saying ordinary Nigerians — including students, farmers and traders — are already experiencing their benefits. “If we say it, they will accuse us of rubber‑stamping your achievements, but the beneficiaries are the ones talking about what you have done,” he added.
Praising Governor Uzodimma’s decision to document his decade of leadership, Akpabio said: “If you don’t tell your story, others will tell it for you. Progressiveness is not in words, it is in action. The quality of works done by the governor is of high quality and the people of Imo State must be very, very excited.”
He further recalled his own record in office, saying that during his tenure as governor of Akwa Ibom State 18 years ago he demonstrated a progressive approach through the projects he executed.
