Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State now Senate Minority Leader , Godswill Akpabio, has alleged that the South West is the “ only peaceful” area in the country because it sends mercenaries to other regions of the country to fight .
The minority leader made the claim in his contribution to the debate at the celebration of one year of the 8 th Senate yesterday.
Speaking on the general state of affairs in the country , Akpabio warned that if something urgent was not done, Nigeria would be plunged into major crisis .
He said : “ In the South - South , people have abandoned their homes because of activities of Niger Delta Avengers. The North is in turmoil; the South - East is boiling because of agitation . The South -West is the only peaceful area , but they still send mercenaries to other areas to fight ” .
Senator Akpabio, however, failed to mention which areas the South - West mercenaries are sent and the nature of “fight ” they partake in .
Curiously, none of the senators from the South - West challenged the former Akwa Ibom governor on this claim, our correspondent reports .
Meanwhile, the senator has challenged the All Progressives Congress - led federal government to market the country in a positive light , saying no serious investor will put his money in a country that has already been described as “full of criminals” by its leaders .
“I want to urge the APC to market this country very well. The way the APC is saying the country is full of criminals , investors will not come here to invest. They must change the way they talk about Nigeria. Things need to change ” , he stated .
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