I’m Lagosian like Tinubu – Akpabio

News I’m Lagosian like Tinubu – Akpabio Published on April 8, 2026 By Seun Opejobi googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1500386953281-8'); }); The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday declared that he is a Lagosian like President Bola Tinubu. Akpabio made the disclosure during the inauguration of Ojota-Opebi link bridge, E-GIS, and Alausa complex in Lagos. Representing Tinubu at the event, Akpabio recalled how he spent his early years in Lagos as a young Corps member. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5'); }); He said: “You wonder why the Senate President came to represent the president in Lagos. It’s because the Senate President himself is a Lagosian. I lived right behind Bourdillion and I have been there for 30 years, I worked at Ajose as one of the directors of the telecom companies. “I practiced law in Lagos from the day I became a young lawyer from the days of my youth Corps, I was on Lion building. I know Opebi, I knew Allen and I’m in a position to testify to the transformation of Lagos. “So the President called me and why is he the President? He is not the President of the military but a civilian President of the democracy he fought for all his life. And who represents that democracy, it’s the Chairman of the National Assembly.” Don't Miss Police in Taraba deny arrest of Abdulmumin Imam You may like Tinubu’ll destroy Abuja, return Nigeria’s capital to Lagos if re-elected – Amaechi NASS 2000 percent behind Tinubu – Akpabio INEC: We can’t have one-party system in Nigeria – ADC dares Tinubu Your second term not certain, liars surrounded you – Primate Ayodele to Tinubu Ogun 2027: Iyabo Obasanjo meets President Tinubu in Lagos Ogun renames key highway after Tinubu, strengthens power, governance structure

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