Senator Abdullahi Gobir, who represents Sokoto East, was appointed Senate Leader by the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday.
This is stated in a letter written by Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the APC, which Senator Ahmad Lawan, the President of the Senate, read during plenary.
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After resigning from his post as Senate Leader due to his defection from the APC to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Gobir took over for Senator Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North).