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The Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, has visited President Muhammadu Buhari in London, ahead of his planned defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress ( APC).
Ahmad Bashir, Special Assistant to tge President on social media, confirmed the meeting on Sunday on his Twitter handle.
Attaching photographs of the two leaders, Bashir tweeted: “PMB with Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Akpabio today in London, the UK.”
Akpabio will be formally received into the APC by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other APC leaders on Wednesday, August 8, 2018.
The event will hold at the Ikot Ekpene Stadium, Senator Ita Enang, the president’s special adviser on National Assembly matters, said in a tweet.
Buhari is currently on a 10-working day vacation in London.