By Henry Umoru
ABUJA — President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS) over the alleged circulation of a statement attributed to him in which he purportedly threatened that Northerners would suffer if President Bola Tinubu lost the 2027 presidential election.
Akpabio’s Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
In the petition to the DSS, signed by his Chief of Staff, Chinedu Akubueze, Akpabio urged the agency to urgently investigate the alleged creation and coordinated dissemination of what he described as a false, inflammatory and divisive statement attributed to him.
According to the petition, a graphic bearing Akpabio’s photograph and designation as President of the Senate circulated on Facebook and other digital platforms, with the purported quotation: “Northerners, you will be the ones to suffer the most, if you allow Tinubu to lose the election.”
