Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s kinsmen have dismissed allegations that he made anti-North comments ahead of the 2027 elections, calling the claims false and malicious.
A social media activist, Haruna Garba alias Garus Gololo, went viral with a video accusing Akpabio of saying “with or without the North, President Bola Tinubu would win the 2027 presidential election.”
But Isong Annang Ethnic Forum in Akwa Ibom, in a statement Monday signed by National President Prince Mendy Archibong, Secretary Elder Mfon Ebong, and Women Leader Hon. Emilia Udom, said it investigated and found no evidence.
“As a forum, we have investigated the claims made by Gololo, which he maliciously credited to our son. We found no proof against our son. It is therefore expedient to state that Senator Akpabio did not make any statement to undermine the support and role the people of Northern Nigeria would play in the re-election of President Bola Tinubu,” the group said.
They described Akpabio as a nationalist with a record of respecting Nigeria’s cultural and religious diversity, dating back to his tenure as Akwa Ibom governor.
The forum urged Arewa leaders to disregard what it called “inciteful and divisive campaign of calumny” and called on Northern elites to support Tinubu’s second term in 2027 “for justice, fairness and preservation of shared political cooperation between North and South.”
It also reaffirmed its “unalloyed support and solidarity with President Bola Tinubu and Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio.”
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