After years of lying in limbo, the Middle Belt geopolitical zone last Friday rose up to make a claim for political relevance when it threw up four persons to represent the interest of the zone in the forthcoming presidential election.
Former member of the House of Representatives and director of communications of the Middle Belt Forum, MBF, Mr. Jonathan Asake was yesterday lamenting the fate of the region which had in the past been a bedrock for Northern solidarity and to wit, the north's engagement with the rest of the nation.
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