Godswill Akpabio, a senator from Akwa Ibom North-West, has been elected the Senate President. He won the poll on Tuesday by defeating Senator Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara Central.
Yari received 46 votes, while Akpabio received 63.
The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) chose the former Niger Delta affairs minister as their chosen candidate ahead of the election.
The national assembly clerk is presently giving Akpabio’s oath of office. The clerk also provided Akpabio the gavel and a copy of the Senate standing rules.
Akpabio recently used his authority for the first time by striking the gavel.
