Kogi Central senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of treating her like a domestic servant
She made the allegation on Tuesday while speaking to journalists in her National Assembly office, shortly after it was reopened by the sergeant-at-arms following her six-month suspension.
Natasha was suspended after accusing Akpabio of sexual harassment — an allegation she has yet to prove.
Reflecting on her suspension, the senator called the past six months a period of survival.
Natasha said:
“From the unjust suspension to the recall, we survived the blockade of roads, we survived the blackmail from the crazy lady on Facebook, it’s amazing what we had to survive.
I give God Almighty the glory and my deepest appreciation to the good people of Kogi Central senatorial district, Nigerians at large, and to my husband. I pray all men support their wives like you have supported me.
Sometimes, it’s good to put the institutions to the test, we can’t cower in the face of injustice, no one is more Nigerian than us.
Senator Akpabio is not more of a senator than I am, he is not the governor of this place and he treated me as if I was his servant or domestic staff in his house.
It’s very unfortunate that at this time after so many years of democracy we will have a National Assembly being run by such dictatorship, it’s totally unacceptable.
As for me, I’m glad to be here and even though we have been illegally suspended, no day have I hesitated in effectively carrying out my duties as a senator of Kogi Central to the very best of my capacity.”
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