Mr Saidu, the leader of the Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria, said endorsing Mr Akpabio for the Senate Presidency would spell doom for Northern Nigeria.
The Arewa Consultative Forum has dissociated itself from the endorsement of Godswill Akpabio for Senate Presidency by the Coalition of Northern groups.Mr Saidu, also the leader of the Arewa Community in Southern Nigeria, said endorsing Mr Akpabio for the Senate Presidency would spell doom for Northern Nigeria.
“We are the people who know Akpabio because we are residents in the South, we know those who are friendly with the Northern people and Akpabio is actually not one of them, ” he said.“I want to condemn the endorsement in its entity because it was done out of ignorance.“I want to say that the Northern people are not beggars that will be endorsing people who are not friendly with them because of inducement,” he said.
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