As Nigerians eagerly await the Senate’s response to the sexual harassment scandal involving Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Senate spokesperson, Sen. Yemi Adaramodu, said on Monday that Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s allegations are not currently on the Senate’s agenda.
This development comes after Akpoti-Uduaghan publicly accused Akpabio of making unwanted advances and retaliating against her after she rejected him.
Adaramodu made the statement during an appearance on Arise TV’s “The Morning Show” on Monday, monitored by Persecondnews.
The spokesperson said the only case before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petition is Akpoti-Uduaghan’s non-compliance with the Senate Standing Orders.
He said: “The only matter before the Senate is between Sen. Natasha and the rest of the senators, that she is not complying with the Standing Orders of the Senate. No other issues.
“Then, if there is anything that comes tomorrow about any senator in the National Assembly, the ethics, privileges and public petition committee will review once it is referred to them. It is going to be taken as an internal affair.
“In the hallowed chamber, whatever we do or say is not actionable in the court, so because of that, the committee will treat the issue as it comes.
“The Senate does not run the committee with senators. The Senate President does not even run with its members. It is an independent committee.”
Persecondnews had reported that Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Friday, February 28, escalated her feud with Akpabio, accusing him of sexual harassment.
The senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, appeared on Arise TV’s “The Morning Show” in Abuja, where she alleged that rejecting Akpabio’s sexual advances is the root of the issue between them.
Details later…
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