ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – Contrary to the rumour found the rounds in the social media, that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio collapsed after the colloquium to mark his 62st birthday, spokesperson of the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, on Thursday, said there was no truth in the reports..
There were reports earlier in the day that Akpabio collapsed after seeing off President Bola Tinubu, who graced the colloquium.
But report by The Punch said that when contacted Adaramodu said, “Nothing of such happened. Everybody saw him today. He was hale and hearty. I sat behind them today and was even part of the team that saw the president off.
“The Senate President didn’t collapse. How can people make that kind of claim without video clips? Is it possible to witness such a thing and not make a video?”
Similarly, one of the Senate President’s media aides, Jackson Udom, said nothing of such happened, and at no time was his principal wheeled out of the venue of the colloquium.
He said, “The report is not true. The Senate President didn’t collapse neither was he wheeled out. Let the people sharing the story provide a picture of such happenings.”
Meanwhile, sources told our correspondent that Akpabio slumped into a chair at the hotel where the event was held earlier.
They said he did not collapse while walking but slumped while seated.
A source said, “The Senate President must have been tired. He was seated after the colloquium, and the next thing was that he slumped.
“It was when people saw that he had slumped that he was rushed for medical attention.”
Another source also buttressed it, said, “After the Senate President escorted the President alongside some other senators, he came back and sat down when he slumped. He was resuscitated and then rushed to the National Hospital….
He said on Thursday that “He [Akoabio] is still in the hospital.”
