BusinessDay

Tope Omogbolagun

September 9, 2026

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.