ABUJA, Nigeria — Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, the National Chairman of the People Redemption Party (PRP), has accused northern leaders of allowing President Bola Tinubu to disregard the North's interests due to their alignment with the presidency.

Baba-Ahmed stated in a Symfoni TV interview that the region's rights are being transferred to the Southwest without any significant resistance from northern political figures.

He pointed to the ongoing violence and fatalities across northern states as evidence of the detrimental impact of this support. Baba-Ahmed specifically criticized the 18 northern governors who are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for their perceived inaction.

"Tinubu is taking away what the North owned to the Southwest because the North is not resisting," Baba-Ahmed asserted. "The North is not resisting because the people who should resist have capitulated."

He further elaborated that these leaders are now part of Tinubu's political camp, leaving no one to challenge the president's actions concerning the North. Baba-Ahmed highlighted the persistent insecurity, noting that killings occur almost daily in the region.

"Out of the 32 governors who are in the All Progressives Congress, APC, 18 of them are from the North. Only one governor, Bauchi state governor, is not in the APC," he noted, questioning who would dare to inform Tinubu that the situation in the North requires urgent attention.