BREAKING: How S’President Akpabio was rushed to hospital after Collapsing at Birthday Colloquium in Abuja

Senate President Godswill Akpabio fell at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja on Thursday and was rushed to the hospital.

According to SaharaReporters, Akpabio fell as he waved goodbye to President Bola Tinubu.

Tinubu and other dignitaries had convened in Abuja for a colloquium to commemorate the Senate President’s 61st birthday at the hotel’s Congress Hall.

According to sources, Akpabio was momentarily stabilized before being rushed to the hospital.

“Senate President Akpabio collapsed 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,” one of the sources said.

“He has remained at the hospital.”

At the event, President Tinubu said the executive and legislative arms of government would jointly tackle the challenges confronting Nigeria.

Speaking at the colloquium on Thursday in Abuja, President Tinubu said the challenges facing the country will be jointly assessed by the executive and legislature to evolve implementable solutions for the good of Nigerians.

“Having Senate President Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Right Honourable Abbas, on my side is enough for me to succeed, and we will succeed,” a statement signed by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity quoted Tinubu as saying at the event.

“I believe in the person of Sen. Godswill Akpabio. He is truly in God’s will for his life. I was governor in Lagos State from 1999 to 2007, and he was a commissioner.”

(Credit: Sahara Reporters)