Akpabio petitions DSS over alleged anti-Northern statement

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has petitioned the Department of State Services (DSS) implicit an alleged anti-northern connection being circulated connected Facebook and different societal media platforms.

Akpabio’s Special Assistant connected Media, Jackson Udom, made the petition disposable to journalists successful Abuja on Wednesday.

The petition was filed by Akpabio’s Chief of Staff, Chinedu Akubueze, connected behalf of the Senate President. It asked the DSS to analyse what it described arsenic a “manifestly false, inflammatory and dangerously divisive statement” being wrongly attributed to Akpabio.

The connection was shared alongside Akpabio’s photograph and authoritative designation. It allegedly quoted him arsenic saying: “Northerners, you volition beryllium the ones to endure the most, if you let Tinubu to suffer the election”.

According to the petition, “Akpabio did not marque this statement. No date, venue, speech, interview, video, audio recordings, authoritative connection oregon credible quality study has been produced to authenticate it.”

It besides said the graphic had nary identifiable steadfast oregon verifiable source, suggesting tha...