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A delegation of senators from opposition political parties visited suspended Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central, at her home on Friday.

The delegation was led by Seriake Dickson, a former governor of Bayelsa state.

Dickson, a member of the senate’s ethics and privileges committee that recommended Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension, shared a photo of the visit on his social media pages.

He said his engagement with the tax reform bills had kept him away from senate proceedings on the day of Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension.

“The public may recall that, for the past 3 days, I was attending the 3-day workshop on the Tax Reform Bills which started on Wednesday 5th of March and ended this evening, Friday 7th of March,” he said.

“This is why I was not available yesterday to sit as a member of the Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, Privileges and Public Petitions in respect of the issues concerning our colleague Distinguished Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan’s suspension, haven been assured by the Committee Chairman that the hearing would hold on Wednesday the 11th of March for which notices had already been issued. I was not notified of the emergency seating yesterday.

“This evening, after concluding the retreat, I led a delegation of some senators of opposition parties on a visit to our colleague Senator Natasha and met with her and her husband at their home.”

Dickson said as humans, senators have their low and high moments “and it is a tradition for Senators to each other during these moments”.

“We offered words of encouragement, prayers and advice on a quick resolution of the issues surrounding her suspension,” he added.

“Having heard more from her and her husband for the first time, I will discuss with other colleagues on how to intervene and engage with the leadership of the senate to resolve the issues as soon as possible.”

Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended on Thursday for six months after she refused her new seat in the upper legislative chamber.

The dispute escalated into allegations of sexual harassment by the Kogi senator against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

Her suspension has sparked widespread debate and criticisms, particularly from women’s rights groups and civil society organisations.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension, saying the move reeks of a grand cover-up attempt from Akpabio.

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Speedy resolution or not, Natasha is an irresponsible woman. She needs to learn basic manners. Ladies who consider themselves every man's dream woman are the most ill-mannered people I have ever seen.

Even Senator Ireti, a fellow woman, confirmed that she's stubborn, but I know she's just being too modest not to say that Natasha is mannerless.

This popularity is really cheap

I can see Col (rtd) Chris Akobundu. (Abia Central Senator)

SmartPolician:
Speedy resolution or not, Natasha is an irresponsible woman. She needs to learn basic manners. Ladies who consider themselves every man's dream woman are the most ill-mannered people I have ever seen.

Even Senator Ireti, a fellow woman, confirmed that she's stubborn, but I know she's just being too modest not to say that Natasha is mannerless.

Well, senator Ireti will have to explain further what she means by being stubborn
Last I checked, they are colleagues and one is not subordinate to the other. You can call her your daughter all you want but she's not. She's your colleague in the senate and you're both first timers. So in my estimation, it is condescending of senator Ireti to label her fellow senator "stubborn" as if she were referring to her child or a subordinate

This 'injustice' don enter Day 2 o. She says it will not stand but I think that she will need to apologize.

All MEN!

Captain-Save-a-Hoe-ism is a CONGENITAL defect in all men.
It has to be EXCISED over and over again.

Even so, it NEVER goes away. It only goes into remission.

First of all, I DON'T trust a Nigerian Politician. But I trust a FEMALE Nigerian politician even LESS.

The idea that Akpabio was HOUNDING this woman for sex is MADNESS!

She's an AGING woman that's desperately clinging to her beauty with makeup and PACKAGING like wearing LOOSE clothes to conceal her LOOSER body.

MEANWHILE, Abuja is the ULTIMATE destination for GORGEOUS hookup girls.

For less than 250 USD, Akpabio could have his diccck succcked by a 23-year old girl with the body of a beauty queen.

Scratch that!
For an extra 50 dollars, he could have his diccck sucked by an ACTUAL beauty queen.

Apart from that, Akpabio also has ACCESS to an ENTIRE industry of ladies famous for their bodies and their ability to ACT like he's a stallion even if he was a mouse—NOLLYWOOD.

The idea that Akpabio would FORGO all of the above to pursue a quarrelsome and combative woman is MADNESS!

That's like having access to Chicken Republic, KFC and a PROFESSIONAL Chef on call but choosing to patronise the Mama Put who cooks with her URINE and GUTTER WATER.

That's MADNESS!

simpleseyi:


Prostitutes are always mannerless

I don't know where this is coming from:

I didn't say she's a prostitute, please.

That's someone's wife.

Useless people hypocrite..but they can't defend her in d Senate house .fools

L

SmartPolician:
Speedy resolution or not, Natasha is an irresponsible woman. She needs to learn basic manners. Ladies who consider themselves every man's dream woman are the most ill-mannered people I have ever seen.

Even Senator Ireti, a fellow woman, confirmed that she's stubborn, but I know she's just being too modest not to say that Natasha is mannerless.

But this same senator Ireri confirmed Akpabio invited Natasha to an hotel where senator Ireri advised Natasha not go. She said this on national TV last week

Dickson is a coward

AsgardKing:
This 'injustice' don enter Day 2 o. She says it will not stand but I think that she will need to apologize.

Now I understand why u lost Ilorin

SmartPolician:
Speedy resolution or not, Natasha is an irresponsible woman. She needs to learn basic manners. Ladies who consider themselves every man's dream woman are the most ill-mannered people I have ever seen.

Even Senator Ireti, a fellow woman, confirmed that she's stubborn, but I know she's just being too modest not to say that Natasha is mannerless.

People who try to cheat others but don’t get the chance often label them as "stubborn" or "mannerless,"

SmartPolician:
Speedy resolution or not, Natasha is an irresponsible woman. She needs to learn basic manners. Ladies who consider themselves every man's dream woman are the most ill-mannered people I have ever seen.

Even Senator Ireti, a fellow woman, confirmed that she's stubborn, but I know she's just being too modest not to say that Natasha is mannerless.

It's only in Nigeria and their primitive mentality that being arrogant and stubborn is seen as a bad thing

The only reason you people hate Natasha is simple... She is young Rich, and far more successful than majority of you... U can't phantom the fact someone can have it all and she is not humble about it.......why should she?

simpleseyi:


Prostitutes are always mannerless

You Dey UK Dey women oppression in Nigeria. Just make sure say no woman accuse of indecency over there o. Even if na prostitute as you tag am.

Ojuntana:

Well, senator Ireti will have to explain further what she means by being stubborn
Last I checked, they are colleagues and one is not subordinate to the other. You can call her your daughter all you want but she's not. She's your colleague in the senate and you're both first timers. So in my estimation, it is condescending of senator Ireti to label her fellow senator "stubborn" as if she were referring to her child or a subordinate

I find that ireti statement offensive. I've been cheated by so called elders, loss of hundreds of million naira. I dey serve them hot hot woto woto. When Natasha go get her time, her mind go touch ground 😕

ERockson:
But this same senator Ireri confirmed Akpabio invited Natasha to an hotel where senator Ireri advised Natasha not go. She said this on national TV last week

The Werey woman still signed in of her suspension 😕

SmartPolician:
Speedy resolution or not, Natasha is an irresponsible woman. She needs to learn basic manners. Ladies who consider themselves every man's dream woman are the most ill-mannered people I have ever seen.

Even Senator Ireti, a fellow woman, confirmed that she's stubborn, but I know she's just being too modest not to say that Natasha is mannerless.

what of you, an irresponsible fool, where is your manners calling a senator of the Federal Republic irresponsible? Infact you are mad

Don't mind them. They will do NOTHING.

Some were there just to spy on you and report back.

Nigerians are mostly cowards. People are too afraid to fight establishment.

All this visit is just to identify with the rave and garner public sympathy from her ers.

Things to be done.

1. Natasha should learn how to speak in public with decorum and like a distinguished person not vile and uncouth at every microphone 🎤 thrown at her

2. Akpabio is no saint either, I him telling Nigerians to eat food anywhere they see food, he must have carelessly said some flirting words to her, as we all know him to speak before reasoning.

They are different sides of a coin, factored by gender, other than that they are vile, uncouth and unfit of the position they hold, but their ers are no better Meanwhile note

it is only a Nigerian girl you will see preparing for marriage and she only has #5k or less in her .
With a mind blowing milage!!

It is only a Nigerian girl that knows what she deserves, but has 0 balance, no job and her parents can't even afford to give her what she thinks she deserves.

It is only a Nigerian girl that believe what she deserves should be funded by a man's pocket.

Very delusional Woke, Feminist, Gen z & Beauty without brains

Natasha is a drama queen 🙂... Naija no just fit am oooo.... abroad for better ooo


My opinion!!

She should present her so called evidences so that people can take her seriously.

Yeye people. None of them could speak against injustice meted out to her but they are paying secret visit so that they won't be victimised. Are we even running democracy in this country? All of them are just fighting for their interest.

Ochongonokoes

May they experience trauma in their lives. Why didn't they show by voting against her suspension?

simpleseyi:


Prostitutes are always mannerless

She learnt well from your mother as her apprentice.....prostitutes are also humans.😂

All of una ENKR.....with all of the issues bedevilling this country,this your topmost agenda?

SmartPolician:
Speedy resolution or not, Natasha is an irresponsible woman. She needs to learn basic manners. Ladies who consider themselves every man's dream woman are the most ill-mannered people I have ever seen.

Even Senator Ireti, a fellow woman, confirmed that she's stubborn, but I know she's just being too modest not to say that Natasha is mannerless.

Is it Akpabio that is not mannerless with his corrupt ways

Abi corruption is a good manner to you ni?

OEPHIUS:
It is no longer news that Nigeria’s Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio is set to decamp to the APC; what started has a rumour after his notable absence from the PDP NEC meeting has gathered so much momentum as the former Governor yesterday paid a visit to President Buhari in London.

The defection which seems very likely as Senator Akpabio has failed to release a statement against the rumors, comes as a shock to even the most assuming political analysts and journalists especially at a time when the main opposition party, the PDP has put its house in order and is set to welcome even more decampees from the disintegrating APC.

THE FACTS.

A closer look at the Akwa Ibom politician reveals a weak grasp in his home state of Akwa Ibom where he has been continuously hounded and blackmailed by President Buhari led APC istration over several allegations of corruption.

In 2015, The EFCC ran investigations on Akpabio which led to his subsequent arrest over a misappropriation of N101.8 billion state funds which plunged Akwa Ibom state into debt. The former Governor was not charged to court and resumed his duties in the floor of the senate.

In another report, the former Governor was probed again for gifting an unnamed commercial bank the sum of N1.4billion. Another case that was recorded but not taken to court.

The APC led Federal Government hounding of Senator Akpabio was so severe that the Akwa Ibom Government House was invaded by DSS agents in a plot to steal state secrets in an attempt to acquire more evidence against former Governor Akpabio.

In 2016, Senator Akpabio was arrested for a 3rd time by the EFCC when the Anti-graft commission alleged the illegal withdrawal of N18bn to the acquisition of a multi billion naira mansion at Plot 5, Okogosi Spring Close, off Katsina-Ala Crescent, Maitama-Abuja, a multi-billion naira mansionette at Plot 28 Colorado Close, Maitama, Abuja and another multi-billion naira mansion at 22 Probyn Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. For the 3rd time Senator Akpabio was released and no legal charges were filed.

ING THE APC

Since 2015, the once vibrant politician lost his voice and failed woefully to provide proper leadership as minority leader in the senate due to the subsequent media backlash against his person and the corruption allegations being thrown around his name.

While other Senators like Bukola Saraki faced all allegations and politically motivated persecution head on, Akpabio may have opted to quietly plead and “settle” with his blackmailers at the expense of the senate, his party, his political career and now ultimately, the people of Akwa Ibom State.

The Anti Corruption War

A move largely perceived as desperate, Akpabio’s defection to APC puts the final coffin to President Buhari’s anti corruption war. It further confirms the long assumed ideology that the APC is a party of protected corruption, where the and high rollers of corruption in Nigeria are immune from persecution. Senator Akpabio’s rich history of corruption and corrupt allegations is set to be magically swept under the rug.

The same Government that hounded Akpabio, arrested him several times and invaded his former office with DSS agents to get evidence against him have thrown their arms wide open to receive him in their fold. Whether Akpabio was threatened to the APC or not, it will go down in history that he was a subdued man.

Buhari’s infamous integrity has failed the litmus test with Akpabio. The Nigerian President who prides himself as incorruptible has thrown caution to the wind and made Senator Akpabio, one of the most corrupt persons in Nigeria according to President Buhari’s EFCC to be the Apple of the APC’s eye.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Senator Godswill Akpabio’s corruption allegations have long been in the wind perhaps as hard evidence which has been used recently to blackmail the former Governor. Perhaps enough evidence to get a conviction at the court which would see Akpabio off to prison. However; with the new turn of events, Akpabio who has been alleged to have his eyes on the prized seat of Senate President, may begin to enjoy the peace of mind that comes as he is no longer a perceived threat to the President Buhari istration, perhaps at the expense of his own political goodwill.

http://thepunditng.com/akpabios-defection-the-hypocrisy-of-president-buharis-anti-corruption-war/