 And Professor Issey Sage is chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption. He has described the director of publicity and advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum, Dr. Hakim Baba Ahmed, as a northern irredentist. He believes Dr. Baba Ahmed should be ignored by every right-think in Nigerian. Baba Ahmed had said heaven will not fall if a northerner is elected the next Nigerian president. He maintains that northerners are not second-class citizens. He said the North will not accept to serve as a second fiddle in 2023.