Nigeria: Kanti Bello to Mark - You're Blackmailing Muslims

Katsina — Senator Muhammad Kanti Bello yesterday criticized Senate President David Mark for blaming northern elders over lingering Boko Haram insurgency, saying the Senate president "must issue an unreserved apology to the northern elders and northern Muslims as well."

Bello told Daily Trust in Katsina yesterday that Mark's statement was aimed at creating more divisions in Nigeria than uniting the country, adding that "as the third citizen of the country, Mark shouldn't have made such statement".

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