The former Governor of Ekiti state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has disclosed that at no point in time that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan accused him of sexual harassment. In a press release by the former Governor media aide, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, he disclosed that a report by a certain media house that Senator Cyril Fasuyi said Natasha…
The lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, failed to appear before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions on Wednesday, which is investigating her conduct during last week’s plenary session. The female lawmaker had previously engaged in a heated exchange with Senate President Godswill Akpabio over seat allocation. Akpoti-Uduaghan also accused…
The sexual harassment petition submitted by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill Akpabio has taken a new plot twist after senators disagreed on the grounds through which it was submitted. Akpoti-Uduaghan formally submitted the petition on Wednesday following the claim of the senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, that the only petition before the senate is…
The senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Wednesday formally submitted a petition against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, accusing him of sexual harassment. Akpoti-Uduaghan, speaking under Order 40 of the Senate Rules, told her colleagues that she had previously made the allegations during an interview on Arise TV and was now officially presenting them before…
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday denied sexual harassment allegations against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Akpabio who made the comments during plenary, said he has never at any point sexually harassment the Kogi West senator or any other woman whatsoever. He said: “I did not harass Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan sexually and I have never…
Security operatives deployed tear gas on Wednesday morning to disperse supporters of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) who had gathered at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja. GISTSMATE MEDIA gathered that the protesters assembled at the assembly gate as early as 8 a.m. ahead of the resumption of plenary. However, police officers swiftly intervened, firing…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions from taking disciplinary action against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. The court’s decision on Tuesday came after an ex parte application was filed by her legal team. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, who presided over the case, granted the order. The order…
The Apex Sociopolitical body of the South South Geo-political zone, Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF has raised the alarm that sexual harassment allegations against the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, PDP, Kogi Central are designed to remove the former from office….
Former Presidential Adviser, Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, has faulted Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s sexual harassment claim, saying once women become senators, they can’t be sexually harassed. Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan had recently claimed on a live television programme that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, frustrated her moves to raise motions about Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State because she…
The Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Onyekachi Nwebonyi, has dismissed the sexual harassment allegations levelled against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, describing them as politically motivated and an attempt to evade disciplinary action. In a statement obtained by PUNCH Online on Sunday, Nwebonyi argued that the claims were unsubstantiated and conveniently timed to…