Natasha Cries Out, Claims Nigerian Government Planning to Arrest Her

Israel Adeleke

OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports as gathered that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has allegedly claimed that Nigerian security officials are planning to arrest her when she returns to Nigeria.

OTN News further reports that Natasha who made these allegations in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES, alleged that this is in response to her attendance at the IPU meeting in New York, where she spoke about her Senate suspension and accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of sexual harassment.

According to her, “I’m aware there are plans underway to have me arrested as soon as I arrive Abuja,” Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is still in the US after the IPU meeting, said.

Natasha who did not specify which agencies, claimed that her suspension was politically motivated and she decided to seek international intervention.

OTN News had earlier reported that Senator Natasha reported the controversy case between her and the senate president, Godswill Akpabio to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU.

In response, the IPU President promised an investigation and an opportunity for the Nigerian Senate to present its perspective.

However, Nigerian delegate Kafilat Ogbara refuted Akpoti-Uduaghan’s claims, reading a letter from Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele stating that the suspension was due to violations of Senate rules, not retaliation.

Meanwhile, Akpoti-Uduaghan alleged that, following her speech, the Senate President sent officials to forcibly remove her from the UN premises.

“The Senate President Akpabio sent three staff headed by the Chargè D’Affairs of the Nigerian embassy in New York to evacuate me from the United Nations premises right after my speech. I was rescued by parliamentarians from other countries and the security,” she alleged.