Senate President Godswill Akpabio has blown hot as he insisted that Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan has made false allegations against him and that it has caused the 10th Senate a trauma.
Recall that the Senate has been making headlines following Senator Natasha’s allegation of sexual harassment leveled against Akpabio. The Senate president has earlier denied the allegation made by the Kogi Senator and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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Senator Natasha has submitted a petition against the Senate president, but it was rejected by the Senate committee on ethics over lack of due process. She was subsequently recommended for suspension by the same committee.
The rejection of her petition has triggered mixed feelings from Nigerians. Some have called on the Senate president to step aside and give room for an independent investigation.
Speaking at an event in celebration of the International Women’s Day, the Senate president said he was innocent, adding that previous allegations by Senator Natasha have turned out to be false.
Akpabio stressed that Natasha’s allegation only happened when the aggrieved senator’s seat was changed. He said things fall apart and several allegations came up only after her seat was changed and she was removed from the previous committee, a thing other senators are aware that it happens from time to time.
He said:
“This is said to have happened on December 8, a day to my birthday which was celebrated in the Stadium in 2023. So, from December 8, 2023, I never heard, my wife never heard, no Nigerian ever heard, even the husband never heard any issue of sexual harassment until her committee was changed and then her seat was changed.
“Have you ever wondered about the trauma caused by that same woman on the other people she has accused in the past. None has been proven so far. Do you even wonder the trauma this caused to the 10th Senate and the image of the Senate with all these useless allegations. I have refrained myself from making a statement.”
Akpabio said many of the women at the event have come across him several times and asked them if he had ever harassed any of them. He then asked of his accuser, thinking she was more beautiful than all of them.
See the video of his comment here:
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