My heart was with Buhari in 2015, not Jonathan, says Akpabio
By OakTV
18 September 2018 |
1:54 pm
Former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswil Akpabio, yesterday in Abuja portrayed himself as a chameleon when he disclosed that his heart was actually with President Muhammadu Buhari at the 2015 presidential election and not with his party’s candidate, former President Goodluck Jonathan.
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