{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_dgc6tdy22lsepl76o2za","title":"‘I was never in PDP’: Shock as Akpabio denies party membership","title_en":null,"outlets":5,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/i-was-never-in-pdp-shock-as-akpabio-denies-party-membership-dgc6tdy22l","count":5,"items":[{"id":"n_3w4dgzzitpdpog7ahqla","seq":897490,"kind":"article","title":"‘My heart was never there’ — Akpabio denies ever belonging to PDP","url":"https://www.nigerianeye.com/2026/09/my-heart-was-never-there-akpabio-denies.html","summary":"Senate President Godswill Akpabio has denied ever being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), despite previously holding elective and political positions on the party’s platform. Akpabio spoke during Tuesday’s plenary while responding to a motion seeking to honour Ibrahim Idris, the late former governor of Kogi state. The motion was sponsored by Jibrin Isah, senator representing Kogi east, who recalled that Idris was a member of the PDP and told Akpabio that they…","published":"2026-09-30T09:53:33Z","seen":"2026-09-30T12:13:15Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-nigerianeye-com-09d69c","name":"nigerianeye.com","domain":"nigerianeye.com"},"via":"kite-nigerianeye-com-09d69c","topics":["politics"],"authors":["Unknown"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1591223","name":"Party for Democratic Prosperity","type":"org"}],"image":"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeIz84ZfqBxHjajpVHMXw5FB9EGx-ZWEJx6E_wCZTgWi-vW9Syyx-v6OESbgeElU0_j7_Id3FUln0FzDayaV4Sr1AO87ZdLu38mi7iIoCMqkIRM8o9YF6sVZjGD7QCKnycQEfeVg_4UDV1yjCyH7NLOCZvwrlYe7jXWQSHiIrOEFjxcBH8UJFzivdGJaY/s72-w400-h216-c/AKP2.PNG","story":"st_dgc6tdy22lsepl76o2za","category":"politics","category_p":0.800000011920929,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.25,"political":0.7400000095367432},{"id":"n_vvq246vgsrumftm2kkva","seq":885433,"kind":"article","title":"I was never in PDP — Akpabio","url":"https://thisday.com.ng/i-was-never-in-pdp-akpabio","summary":"Senate President Godswill Akpabio has denied ever being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Mr Akpabio made the claim during Tuesday’s plenary while responding to a motion seeking to honour the late former governor of Kogi State, Ibrahim Idris. The motion was sponsored by Senator Jibrin Isah, representing Kogi East. While introducing the […]","published":"2026-09-30T09:21:36Z","seen":"2026-09-30T11:07:50Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-thisday-com-ng-1951be","name":"thisday.com.ng","domain":"thisday.com.ng"},"via":"kite-thisday-com-ng-1951be","topics":["politics"],"authors":["todaynews"],"story":"st_dgc6tdy22lsepl76o2za","category":"politics","category_p":0.8999999761581421,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.05000000074505806,"political":0.8700000047683716},{"id":"n_vnxzh2wigrss4a7etiwa","seq":833056,"kind":"article","title":"Akpabio denies ever belonging to PDP despite serving as governor, senator on its platform","url":"https://www.legit.ng/politics/1733540-akpabio-denies-pdp-member-years-partys-platform","summary":"Godswill Akpabio denied ever belonging to the PDP during a Senate debate, despite serving as Akwa Ibom governor and senator on the party’s platform in 2018.","published":"2026-09-30T05:02:03Z","seen":"2026-09-30T05:48:07Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-legit-ng-1cc8bd","name":"legit.ng","domain":"legit.ng","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q22080463","name":"Legit.ng","type":"website","country":"NG","designations":["business","news","website"]}},"via":"kite-legit-ng-1cc8bd","entities":[{"id":"Q1591223","name":"Party for Democratic Prosperity","type":"org"}],"image":"https://cdn.legit.ng/images/1200x675/c259811d497d1b36.jpeg?v=1","story":"st_dgc6tdy22lsepl76o2za","category":"politics","category_p":0.949999988079071,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.18000000715255737,"political":0.949999988079071},{"id":"n_xftthpb275lctjtiujmq","seq":718569,"kind":"article","title":"I Was Never In PDP – Akpabio Declares","url":"https://www.naijanews.com/2026/09/29/i-was-never-in-pdp-akpabio-declares","summary":"Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday denied ever being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Naija News reports that Akpabio made the... The post I Was Never In PDP – Akpabio Declares appeared first on Naija News .","published":"2026-09-29T15:53:18Z","seen":"2026-09-29T16:31:55Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-naijanews-com-2ded80","name":"naijanews.com","domain":"naijanews.com"},"via":"kite-naijanews-com-2ded80","topics":["politics","godswill akpabio"],"authors":["Doris Ijeoma Israel"],"entities":[{"id":"Q1591223","name":"Party for Democratic Prosperity","type":"org"}],"story":"st_dgc6tdy22lsepl76o2za","category":"politics","category_p":0.8899999856948853,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.03999999910593033,"political":0.8700000047683716},{"id":"n_dgc6tdy22lsepl76o2za","seq":684076,"kind":"article","title":"‘I was never in PDP’: Shock as Akpabio denies party membership","url":"https://tribuneonlineng.com/i-was-never-in-pdp-shock-as-akpabio-denies-party-membership","summary":"Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, shocked his colleagues on Tuesday as he openly denied ever being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Describing himself as a “progressive”, he gleefully declared that he had always played progressive politics in his life. “I was never in PDP, my spirit might be there but my heart was […] The post ‘I was never in PDP’: Shock as Akpabio denies party membership appeared first on Tribune Online .","published":"2026-09-29T13:05:25Z","seen":"2026-09-29T13:46:11Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-tribuneonlineng-com-0494fe","name":"tribuneonlineng.com","domain":"tribuneonlineng.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q7033024","name":"Nigerian Tribune","type":"newspaper","country":"NG","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-tribuneonlineng-com-0494fe","topics":["politics","akpabio","pdp"],"authors":["John Ameh"],"image":"https://tribuneonlineng.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Akpabio-7.jpg","mentions":2,"story":"st_dgc6tdy22lsepl76o2za","category":"politics","category_p":0.8399999737739563,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.3700000047683716,"political":0.8500000238418579}]}