The Office of the Senate President has denied allegations that Senate President Godswill Akpabio collapsed and was hospitalised in London.
The office described the report by Sahara Reporters as “false and reckless”. According to verified photographs and travel records, Akpabio returned to Nigeria late Monday night, December 15, 2025, in good health.
A senior aide dismissed the report as “entirely fabricated”, stressing that Akpabio has remained medically fit and operationally active. “The Senate President is hale, hearty, and fully engaged in his constitutional responsibilities. This report is baseless and misleading,” the aide said.
“Akpabio’s absence from the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) session was due to routine delegation, not ill health,” sources clarified.
As of 11:34 a.m. WAT on Tuesday, Akpabio was in an official meeting and is scheduled to resume full duties this week. Sahara Reporters has yet to retract its story, raising concerns about the platform’s reliance on unverified claims and the public harm caused by misinformation.
