Akpabio Hale, Hearty In London, Says Gbenga Daniel

Monday August 11, 2025
By TheNewsDESK |

Former Ogun State governor and Senator representing Ogun East, Gbenga Daniel, has dismissed media reports claiming that Senate President Godswill Akpabio was hospitalised in an unnamed London hospital.

According to a statement by Akpabio’s Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, Daniel explained that he made a stopover in London to personally inform the Senate President of his planned return to Nigeria to participate in the August 16 bye-election for the Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency seat, declared vacant following the death of former Deputy Whip of the House of Representatives, Hon. Adewumi Onanuga.

Daniel told Akpabio, “Your Excellency, the news out there is that you have been indisposed, but seeing you here now paints a very different picture. Congratulations, Your Excellency.”

In response, Akpabio thanked Daniel for the courtesy visit and expressed confidence that with the backing of Governor Dapo Abiodun, Daniel, and other party stakeholders in Ogun State, the ruling party would retain the seat in the forthcoming election.

“Let me congratulate you in advance, because you have all it takes to retain that Federal Constituency seat for our great party. You are from there, and interestingly, the Governor is also from there, so I don’t harbour any fear.”

On his purported sickness, as reported by some sections of the media, particularly the Social Media, Akpabio said, “If you listen to the social media, you will go to war.”