Godswill Akpabio, the president of the Senate, has asked the Department of State Services to investigate the circulation of a purported statement in which he allegedly warned Northerners that they would “suffer the most” if President Bola Tinubu lost the 2027 election.
Akpabio, in a petition to the intelligence agency, seen by our correspondent, described the statement as fabricated, inflammatory, and deliberately designed to create regional resentment against him.
The petition, signed on his behalf by Chinedu Akubueze, his chief of staff, was submitted to the DSS on Wednesday.
The statement attributed to Akpabio was circulated on Facebook and other digital platforms alongside his photograph and official designation as President of the Senate.
The graphic allegedly quoted him as saying: “Northerners, You Will Be The Ones To Suffer The Most, If You Allow Tinubu To Lose The Election.”
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Akpabio, however, said he never made the statement and challenged anyone circulating it to produce evidence of where and when he purportedly made the comment.
The petition stated, “The President of the Senate did not make this statement. No date, venue, speech, interview, video, audio recordings, official statement or credible news report has been produced to authenticate it.”
It further described the material as “manifestly false, inflammatory and dangerously divisive,” alleging that it was created to deceive the public and provoke regional…
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