Senator Godswill Akpabio Speaks On Collapsing At His Birthday Colloquium

Godswill Akpabio, the president of the Senate, has refuted media claims that he fell and was taken to a secret hospital.

Anaedoonline.ng is aware of reports stating that following President Bola Tinubu’s departure from the Colloquium commemorating Akpabio’s 61st birthday, Akpabio passed out and was taken to the hospital.

In a statement released on Friday by his spokesperson, Eseme Eyiboh, Akpabio responded to the allegations by stating that he did not pass out and was not hospitalised.

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The Senate President expressed amazement at the story, stating that he had only told a small number of people that he was exhausted, which had progressed to a collapse or fainting fit.

Therefore, Akpabio urged the public to disregard media stories funded by distributors of false information.

He said: “It was especially disconcerting that the conjectures on the wellbeing of the senate president came after he was celebrated by the crème-de-crème of the nation’s leadership across all sectors at the Colloquium that was focused on defining a legislative agenda for national development.

“Senator Akpabio spoke on his feet for more than 30 minutes as he exposed his trajectory in a way as never before.

“As the programme ended and President Bola Tinubu left the Transcorp Hotel venue, Senator Akpabio’s expression to some of those around him that he was tired escalated to a fainting spell or collapse.

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“Some more adventurous purveyors of untruth in their thrilling escapade of fiction even claimed that he is presently hospitalized and in a critical condition in the National Hospital, Abuja.

“This is wholly untrue, and I declare firmly that besides saying he was exhausted in the hearing of those around him, he was certainly not rushed in a stretcher to the national hospital or indisposed.”

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