{"id":1874,"date":"2018-08-07T09:50:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T09:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madhousereport.com\/?p=1874"},"modified":"2018-08-07T09:50:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T09:50:14","slug":"akpabio-resigns-senate-minority-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=1874","title":{"rendered":"Akpabio Resigns As Senate Minority Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Godswill Akpabio has resigned his position as the\u00a0Senate Minority Leader.<\/p>\n<p>In his resignation letter sent to the Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, he said his resignation came into effect on August 4th.<\/p>\n<p>He shared a photo of the letter on his Twitter handle; @SenatorAkpabio.<\/p>\n<p>The letter read in part, \u201cThis letter is to formally inform you of my resignation as the senate minority leader with effect from August 4, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me thank the senate minority leadership, our distinguished colleagues and our great party, the PDP for the opportunity to lead the caucus in the last three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease accept the assurances of my highest esteem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senator Akpabio had on Sunday met with President Muhammadu\u00a0Buhari and on Monday consulted with All Progressive Congress National Leader, Bola Tinubu in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>See his letter:<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorAkpabio\/status\/1026744133027811328\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - 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