Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday resigned his position hours after President Muhammadu Buhari directed his cabinet members and appointees with political ambition to quit.
Akpabio’s spokesperson, Jackson Udom, disclosed this in a statement late Wednesday.
Akpabio is the third Buhari’s minister to resign after Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, and the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba.
The president had directed that all members of his cabinet and appointees vying for electoral offices resign on or before May 16, 2022 during the weekly FEC meeting.
Udom said, Our attention has been drawn to mischievously written news stories making the rounds by paid agents of some politicians, that the leading presidential aspirant, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has purportedly withdrawn from the presidential race. This is a joke carried too far.
“This is certainly the handiwork of those who are scared of contesting against Senator Godswill Akpabio.
“Senator Akpabio has resigned his appointment as Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry and will soon submit his nomination form at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, in line with his party’s guidelines.”
