The spokesperson of the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, has said that there was no truth in the reports that the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, collapsed after a colloquium held in Abuja to mark his 61st birthday.
There were reports that Akpabio collapsed after seeing off President Bola Tinubu who graced the colloquium organised as part of activities marking the Senate President’s birthday.
Adaramodu, however, told the Punch, “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.”
However, sources insisted the Senate President slumped at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja and was rushed to the hospital.
Sahara Reporters had earlier reported that this happened after his 61st birthday Colloquium in Abuja.
Sources told the outlet that: “Senate President Akpabio coll@psed today after his 61st birthday colloquium in Abuja while seeing the President off.
He was briefly stabilised before being rushed to the NNPC hospital in Abuja where he was wheeled into a special room on a stretcher. He has remained at the hospital.”
Other sources told the Punch that it indeed happened, but the Senate President was said to be seated at the time he slumped and was resuscitated.
