The spokesperson of the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, on Thursday, mentioned there was no reality within the reviews that the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, collapsed at an occasion held in Abuja earlier within the day to mark his 61st birthday.
There had been reviews earlier within the day that Akpabio collapsed after seeing President Bola Tinubu who graced the colloquium organised as a part of actions marking the Senate President’s birthday.
But when our correspondent contacted Adaramodu, he mentioned, “Nothing of such occurred. Everybody noticed him in the present day, he was hale and hearty. I sat behind them in the present day and was even a part of the crew that noticed 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 many Senate President’s media aides, Jackson Udom, mentioned nothing of such occurred, and at no time was his principal wheeled out of the venue of the colloquium.
He mentioned, “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 instructed our correspondent that Akpabio slumped whereas seated on a chair at the lodge the place the occasion was held earlier.
They mentioned he did not collapse whereas strolling however slumped whereas seated.
A supply who spoke on situation of anonymity, mentioned, “The Senate President should have been drained. He was seated after the colloquium and the subsequent factor was that he slumped.
“It was when people saw that he had slumped that he was rushed for medical attention.”
Another supply additionally buttressed it, saying, “After the Senate President escorted the President alongside another senators, he got here again and sat down when he slumped. He was resuscitated after which rushed to a non-public hospital not too removed from Transcorp.
“He is still in the hospital.”
