Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Federal Lawmaker Representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, has sued Senate President Godswill Akpabio for defamation.
Natasha revealed this during an interview with Arise News TV, where she disclosed that the senate made sexual advances at her.
According to Natasha, Akpabio had made sexual advances to her after she tried requesting his approval for her motion to be heard in the Senate.
Natasha, who rejected his advance on several occasions and tried to ignore him, had been subjected to persistent harassment and maligning from the senate president.
In the video, she could be heard saying;
“My issue with Akpabio started on the 8th of December, 2023, when my husband and I attended a pre-birthday invitation extended by the Senate President at his residence in Uyo. We had earlier gone to his house at Ikot-Ekpene, and he held my hand and said he wanted to show me around his house. Just the three of us, my husband and him. I noticed he hastened his pace while still holding my hand, and he got to this particular sitting room. He asked do you like my house? and I replied of course yes, and he said, now that you are a Senator, you are going to create time for us to spend quality time here and you will enjoy it. Later, on the floor of the Senate, I attempted to raise a motion regarding corrupt practices at the Ajaokuta Steel Company. I listed this motion five times, and it was only on the sixth occasion that it appeared on the order paper. When I approached the Senate President to enquire why my motion had been repeatedly stepped down, he told me ‘Natasha, I am the Chief Presiding officer of the Senate. You can enjoy a whole lot if you take care of me and make me happy.’ At that point, I told him that I would pretend I didn’t hear that.”
Her revelation has generated different reactions from Nigerians at large, with the majority calling for Akpabio to step down until investigations are done.
Watch the video below,
Listen to Senator Natasha on AriseTV narrating how Senate President Akpabio told her to “take care of him and make him happy” inside his office before he would read her motion in the Senate.
The Senators need to call for Akpabio to step down immediately until investigations are… pic.twitter.com/5IaBfGcfVI
— SERAH IBRAHIM (@TheSerahIbrahim) February 28, 2025
