Udom, Akpabio visit Obasanjo
Akwa Ibom State governor, Emmanuel Udom and his predecessor, Sen. Godswill Akpabio on Saturday paid a visit to the former President Olusegun Obasanjo at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta,
Ogun State
The duo arrived Obasanjo’s residence at about 2.48 p.m in company of Dr Sunday Mbang, former Prelate of the Methodist Church, Nigeria and some other state officials.
The team immediately proceeded into a closed-door meeting which ended at about 4.05 p.m.
Udom who addressed journalists after the meeting said he was in Abeokuta to pay homage and to thank Obasanjo.
According to him, he consulted with Obasanjo shortly before the general elections and that his advice paid off.
“I have come to show gratitude and respect for someone whom I regard as a father and whose advice I regard as invaluable and which also contributed to my victory at the polls,” he said.
The governor acknowledges that his predecessor had laid a solid foundation upon which he would build and move the state to greater heights.
He said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remained the greatest party in Africa and would provide a credible and formidable opposition to the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC) in order to move the nation forward.
Akpabio in his chat with newsmen declared his support for a reduction in the cost of governance in Nigeria.
(NAN)
