Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said that the Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central district, made ‘useless allegations’ against him because her seat in the Red Chamber was changed.
Akpabio also said that the lawmaker, who has now been suspended by the Senate for six months, traumatized him and others.
Following the sanctions imposed on Akpoti-Uduaghan, Akpabio has come under heavy criticism.
However, the Senate President continues to maintain his innocence, insisting that none of her allegations are true.
At an event to commemorate International Women’s Day on Saturday, Akpabio said he was merely Akpoti-Uduaghan’s latest victim, stating that previous allegations she made had turned out to be false.
He said: ‘It was only yesterday that I realised that what we are talking about only happened when there was a change of seat. That is when hell was let loose, and all sorts of allegations came up — only after the change of seat and change of committee, which Senators know happens from time to time.
‘This is said to have happened on 8 December, a day before my birthday, which was celebrated in the stadium in 2023. So from 8 December 2023, I never heard, my wife never heard, no Nigerian ever heard, even her husband never heard any issue of sexual harassment — until her committee was changed, and then her seat was changed.
‘Have you ever wondered about the trauma caused by that same woman to the other people she had accused in the past? None has been proven so far. Do you even wonder about the trauma this caused to the 10th Senate and the image of the Senate with all these useless allegations? I have refrained from making a statement.
‘Look at these beautiful women. They have come across me so many times. Have I ever harassed any one of you? Or is the person thinking that you are not beautiful’?
