Godswill Akpabio is favored by Tinubu to become the next Senate President - Source

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it has not zoned the leadership positions of the 10th National Assembly.

This was confirmed by Felix Morka, the National Publicity Secretary of the party in a statement issued on Thursday night.

He urged members of the public to disregard media rumors adding that any made in that regard would be made public.

Morka noted: “The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to versions of zoning arrangements for the 10th National Assembly leadership positions in circulation in sections of social media.

“The information did not emanate from the Party and should be disregarded.

“To be clear, the Party has yet to zone positions of leadership of the 10th National Assembly. Any decisions made in that regard will be duly communicated via the Party’s official information channels.”

Meanwhile, a source has revealed that Senator Godswill Akpabio is favoured by the president-elect to become the next Senate President, while Jibril Barau would be the Deputy Senate President.

This means that the leadership of the Senate is likely to be zoned to South-south and North-west.

The source said meetings and consultations would continue to ensure that an agreeable zoning formula is reached to prevent acrimony within the party.

He said: “The North Central may likely produce the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

“The Senate President will be zoned to South-south, the Deputy Senate President will be zoned to North-West. The Speaker will be zoned to North-West and the South-west is being considered for Deputy Speaker. Discussion will continue.”