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BREAKING: Akpabio makes U-turn, resigns as Niger Delta Minister

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Niger Delta Affairs Minister Senator Godswill Akpabio has resigned in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive.
This is coming after the minister was reported to have resigned as minister.

The President during Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting ordered all cabinet members eyeing elective offices to quit before May 16.

His personal assistant to the Minister on Media, Jackson Udom, confirmed his resignation to The Nation on Wednesday.

He said: “the Minister has resigned. He has submitted his resignation letter to the SGF. We are waiting for him at the ICC, where he is coming to submit his nomination form”.

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