Senator Natasha Akpoti and Senate President, Godswill Akpabio
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja –
The Nigerian Ambassadors for Gender Tranquility (NAGET), has called for the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over her allegations of sexual harassment against the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
The President of the group, Elijah Tule, who made the call at press briefing on Sunday in Abuja said the call became necessary because Senator Natasha has refused to abide by a simple Senate rule that every Senator is bound to respect, thereby, breaking the rule and going a step forward to try to blackmail the man vested with the power to correct her and protect the rules of the Senate.
According to him, the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio has never been in the news for harassing any woman in the past, this makes it very difficult to successfully lie against him in this fashion
“It is unconscionable that our dear Senator Natasha would refuse to abide by a simple Senate rule that every Senator is bound to respect, thereby, breaking the rule and going a step forward to try to blackmail the man vested with the power to correct her and protect the rules of the Senate”.
To this end, the group demanded that, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan withdraws her spurious allegations against the person of the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio or face the wrath of all well meaning Nigerians.
That, having grossly violated the rules of the Senate and further desecrated the Seat of the Senate President, she be suspended from the Senate until she retracts her allegations and tenders an unreserved apology to the Senate President.
“Finally, it’s alleged Sen. Natasha’s best game is blackmail. Though this allegation is not independently confirmed, we will be forced to dig deeper if the Honourable Senator does not apologise and desist from lying to dent the hard earned reputation of Sen. Godswill Akpabio”, he said.
