
Nigeria's Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has denied claiming that Northerners would suffer between January and May if President Bola Tinubu loses the 2027 presidential election. Speaking in Abuja, Akpabio described the statement attributed to him as a "complete fabrication" and challenged those circulating the claim to produce evidence, according to Vanguard.
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