Another twist to the Senator Godswill Akpabio and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan saga has emerged with Senator Ireti Kingibe claiming that the Senate president asked Natasha to meet him in a hotel to discuss issues.
Akpoti-Uduaghan sensationally accused Senator Akpabio of sexual harassment, an allegation Akpabio’s wife has denied, while her husband is still being expected to speak on the matter.
However, Senator Kingibe who is the Senate Chairperson for Women Affairs, said that in one of their discussions Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan, had told her Senator Akpabio asked her to meet him in a hotel.
“When I go to the Senate and my neighbours or Senator Natasha is not there, I collect documents on their behalf,” Senator Kingibe said in an interview with Arise.
“I collected some documents for Senator Natasha, informed her and went to her house. She told me that she was supposed to discuss something with Akpabio, but he said to meet him at a hotel, and I told her that you only meet the Senators in their homes, and offices not hotels and while we were discussing her husband came in.”
But according to her Akpoti-Uduaghan did not discuss the Uyo harassment with her.
She said, “But she has never discussed it with us, and we don’t know about it, she did not respond to the rest of the female senators and has not spoken to anyone of us through this whole episode.”
Meanwhile an aide to Senator Akpabio Kenny Okulogbo, described the allegations as tissues of lies.
“All that Senator Natasha said are all tissues of lies. She is just angry because she was removed as the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Content.
“The Senate President will respond. We will make an official statement soon.”
