VIDEO: Clip captures the moment Wike smartly walked away after Godswill Akpabio was denied entry inside Aso Villa

Clip captures the moment Wike smartly walked away after Akpabio was denied entry inside Aso Villa.

President Bola Tinubu yesterday met with former governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi) and Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The three former governors arrived at about 2:33 pm.

Akpabio is the preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Senate presidency of the 10th National Assembly (NASS).

As of press time, the agenda for the visit was unclear, but it may not be unconnected with the leadership of the 10th Assembly that will be inaugurated on June 13, 2023..

The former governors are Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, and Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State.

Details of the meeting were still sketchy when filing this report, but sources within the villa confirmed that the meeting was in progress.

The meeting may be connected to the leadership crisis of the 10th National Assembly.

They are also backing Tajudeen Abas from Kaduna State as Speaker and Ben Kalu, from Abia State, as deputy speaker.

But other aspirants have rejected the nominations because the party was unfair to other zones.

The aggrieved aspirants have also threatened to ally against the party’s choices as one of the ways to frustrate the nominations of the aspirants endorsed by the leadership of the APC and President Tinubu.