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Alleged Sexual Harassment: Senate Passes Vote Of Confidence On Akpabio Amid calls on the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to step aside to allow unfettered investigation of the allegation of sexual harassment made against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Senate on Thursday passed a vote of confidence on his leadership. The resolution of the Senate followed a motion by the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele which was overwhelmingly approved by Senators. Bamidele in his lead debate said the Senate has decided not to be distracted further by the controversy generated by its suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over her…

Natasha Suspended For Misconduct, Not Harassment Claim, Senate Replies IPU The Nigerian Senate has defended its decision to suspend Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan before the Inter-Parliamentary Union, stating that her suspension was not related to allegations of sexual harassment but due to gross misconduct. Speaking before the IPU on Wednesday, the Chairperson of the House Committee on Women Affairs and Social Development, Kafilat Ogbara, dismissed claims made by Akpoti-Uduaghan at a United Nations event that she was suspended for raising allegations of sexual harassment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Ogbara said she has been mandated by the National Assembly to present…

‘Not Because Of Akpabio’ – Senate Leader Lists 5 Major ‘Sins’ That Led To Natasha’s Suspension Bamidele Opeyemi, the leader of the 10th Senate has debunked claims that Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended by the Red Chamber over the allegations of sexual harassment which she made against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. In a statement issued on Saturday, March 8, Opeyemi said, the claim that the Kogi Central senator was suspended for her allegations against Akpabio is false. According to the Senate leader, the Kogi lawmaker’s suspension followed her actions and misconduct in contravention of Senate Standing Orders 2023 (As Amended)…

I Remain A Senator Despite ‘Illegal’ Suspension, Natasha Dares Senate Suspended lawmaker Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has described her suspension from the Senate as one that invalidates the principles of natural justice, fairness and equity. According to her, her suspension does not withdraw my legitimacy as a senator Upon her suspension yesterday, she was warned by the Senate “That for the period of her suspension she be barred from presenting herself to the public locally and internationally as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.” However in a statement on her Facebook handle, she insisted that she will continue to use…

‘I Slept In Dangote Cement Factory On Natasha’s Wedding Day’ – Akpabio The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, said he spent the night in the Dangote Cement factory in Obajana Kogi State on Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s wedding day. Akpabio said Senator Natasha’s husband is his good friend. The former Governor of Akwa-Ibom said this to demonstrate his closeness to Senator Natasha and her husband amid the sexual harassment allegation levied on him by the Kogi lawmaker. He said he slept in the factory because the Kogi airport lights were in a poor state. The Senate President said while reacting to the…

‘This Injustice Won’t Be Sustained’, Natasha Blows Hot After Suspension Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has declared that the injustice against her “will not be sustained” following her suspension from the Senate. She made the statement on Thursday while reacting to the decision of the upper chamber of the National Assembly to suspend her for six months. She said, “This injustice will not be sustained”, before being escorted out of the chambers. Recall that on February 20, Akpabio and Akpoti-Uduaghan engaged in a heated debate on the floor of the upper legislative chamber over a change in seating arrangements.…