Akpabio Petitions DSS Over Alleged Anti-North Statement
Akpabio says the graphic was fabricated to mislead the public, and the petition asks investigators to trace its source and early sharers.
- On Wednesday, Senate President Godswill Akpabio petitioned the Department of State Services over a "manifestly false, inflammatory and dangerously divisive statement" circulating on Facebook and other digital platforms.
- The graphic allegedly quoted Akpabio saying, "Northerners, you will be the ones to suffer the most, if you allow Tinubu to lose the election," intended to provoke regional resentment against him and threaten Northern Nigeria.
- Early amplifiers including Abdullai Musa and Uzoma Chilaka were identified as "material persons of interest" for their roles in spreading the graphic; the petition stressed they should not be presumed guilty before investigation.
- Chinedu Akubueze, Akpabio's Chief of Staff, stated unequivocally that the Senate President "did not make this statement," noting no credible news report or recording exists to authenticate the purported quotation.
- This petition emerges amid heightened political activities ahead of the 2027 general elections, when political parties increasingly use social media to mobilize supporters, creating vulnerabilities to coordinated misinformation campaigns.
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Akpabio petitions DSS over alleged anti-Northern statement
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged anti-northern statement being circulated on Facebook and other social media platforms. Akpabio’s Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, made the petition available to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday. The petition was filed by Akpabio’s Chief of Staff, Chinedu Akubueze, on behalf […] Akpabio petitions DSS over alleged anti-Northern stateme…
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In the petition signed by his Chief of Staff, Chinedu Akubueze, Akpabio urged the security agency to urgently investigate the creation and coordinated dissemination of what he described as a “manifestly false, inflammatory and dangerously divisive” statement.
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By Henry Umoru ABUJA — President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has denied saying that Northerners would be made to suffer between January and May if President Bola Tinubu loses the 2027 presidential election. Akpabio described the statement attributed to him as a “complete fabrication”, challenging those circulating the claim to produce evidence of where and when he allegedly made the statement. In a statement issued on Wednesday by h…
Akpabio Petitions DSS Over Fake Quote Claiming “Northerners Will Suffer” If Tinubu Loses 2027
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has gone to the Department of State Services with a complaint that’s been building online for days: a graphic circulating on Facebook that has him warning Northern Nigerians they’ll “suffer the most” if President Bola Tinubu loses the 2027 election. He says he never said it, and now he wants the […]
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