Nigeria, Sept. 10 -- President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has petitioned the Department of State Services over a purported anti-North statement allegedly attributed to him.

The viral statement quoted Akpabio as saying Northerners would suffer the most if President Bola Tinubu lost the 2027 presidential election.

Akpabio's Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday.

According to Udom, the petition, signed by Akpabio's Chief of Staff, Chinedu Akubueze, urged the DSS to urgently investigate the circulation of the alleged false, inflammatory and divisive statement.

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