Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central Senatorial District says she is going to quickly current proof of sexual harassment in opposition to Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
“On the proper time and on the proper area, I’ll current the proof that I’ve,” the feminine lawmaker stated on Channels Tv’s Politics Right this moment programme on Thursday.
She additionally stated although belated, the choice of the electoral umpire INEC to reject a petition for her recall was in the proper course.
“I’m a lawyer. I’m a senator and I perceive how Nigeria works. For me, a very powerful factor is that this recall course of has been stalled.
“I give kudos and credit score to INEC regardless that I imagine they need to have thrown it away from the get-go,” she stated.
The Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) chieftain argued that many of the addresses supplied within the petition for her recall have been false as a result of most homes in her district weren’t labelled.
“Regardless that INEC did rely 208,000 signatures, I wager you if they’d gone into the verification stage, they’d have struggled to even have 500 folks come out to attest to signing that,” she added.
On Monday, March 24, 2025, Charity Omole, one of many aides of Kogi State Governor Usman Ododo, led some constituents from Kogi Central to submit a petition to INEC for the recall of Akpoti-Uduaghan.
In a much-awaited assertion on Thursday, INEC stated the petition for the recall of the lawmaker didn’t met the requirement of Part 69(a) of the Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).
“Due to this fact, no additional motion shall be taken on the recall of the Senator,” INEC declared.
The feminine federal lawmaker was concerned in a seat association dispute with Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The lawmaker had accused Akpabio of sexual harassment and abuse of workplace. The Senate subsequently suspended her for six months for misconduct.
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