Akpabio breaks silence on slumping at 61st birthday colloquium

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has addressed a rumour that he slumped and collapsed at his 61st birthday colloquium in Abuja on Thursday, December 14.

Akpabio said he was diagnosed with malaria, which was worsened by stress, Daily trust reported.

He stated this while speaking with newsmen at the Senate on Friday, December 15.

“What eventually happened after the event was a show of humanity. I went home and I called my doctors and I was assured that I had malaria, mingled with stress, which could also be described in another way as exhaustion.

“In fact, anybody could be exhausted. Please, drink water daily so that you don’t get exhausted.”

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the report that Akpabio collapsed at a colloquium held in honour of his 61st birthday was debunked.

Eseme Eyiboh, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Akpabio, in a statement on Friday, December 15, said nothing of such an incident happened to the senate president.

Eyiboh maintained that the report was the extension of the fictional scenario that Senate President Akpabio was tired at the end of the Colloquium that complemented activities marking his 61st birthday.