Senator Godswill Akpabio has been elected as the senate president of the 10th assembly.
He defeated his closest rival, Senator Yari from Zamfara state.
The former Akwa Ibom governor was returned elected as President of the 10th Senate after scoring 63 votes defeating Senator Abdul’aziz Yari who scored 46 votes.
Earlier, voting commenced at the Red Chamber in Abuja, Nigeria.
Voting begun at exactly 08:45am on Tuesday on a state by state basis, alphabetically.
Voting ended at exactly 09:15am.
