An indication has emerged that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, may step down in the coming week and face Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions over allegations on sexual harassment levelled against him by a female senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Recall Natasha’s allegation against Akpabio followed her earlier confrontation with the Senate president over a sitting arrangement at the plenary.
Insider sources disclosed that both Natasha and Akpabio would appear before the senate committee. …CONTINUE READING
It was reported that the committee would officially clear the Senate President of the allegations, and then recommend an “indefinite suspension” for Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is already on a six-month suspension.
Sources also linked Senator Ireti Kingibe’s recent statement supporting the investigation and Senator Onyekachi Nweboyin’s Channels TV interview as part of the orchestrated plan to perfect the indefinite suspension plot.
A top source revealed, “The plan currently being orchestrated is to suspend Senator Natasha till the end of the tenure. The report of the panel is currently being prepared and the panel is just to formalise the process.
“Akpabio will announce that he is stepping down for investigation to face the panel and after few hours, the panel will come up with a report that he is innocent and Senator Natasha will be suspended indefinitely till 2027 when her tenure ends. They want to send her away.”
This development comes on the heels of Senator Natasha’s petition to Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) against the Senate President.
Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had alleged that Akpabio sexually harassed her during a visit to his residence in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in December 2023.
She claimed that during the visit, the Senate President held her hand, led her around his house, and made inappropriate advances towards her — even in the presence of her husband
