Akpabio: No vacancy in Aso Rock amid Tinubu’s vacation

By Henry Umoru
ABUJA — President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed calls for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to hand over power to Vice President Kashim Shettima, insisting that there is no leadership vacuum despite the President’s extended working vacation abroad.
Akpabio spoke on Tuesday in Akwa Ibom State while commissioning road projects executed by Governor Umo Eno.
He said Tinubu remained in office and continued to discharge his constitutional responsibilities despite his absence from the country.
In a statement by his Media Office, Akpabio said, “I am the Senate President, and I am not the acting President of Nigeria, because President Tinubu is still in po...