Protesters operating under the platform Women for Good Governance stormed the National Assembly on Tuesday to demand additional punishment for the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan was last week suspended by the Senate for six months, following the recommendation of the Senator Neda Imasuen-led Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions, which found her guilty of breaching Senate Standing Orders.
Secretary of United Women for Good Governance, Enakeme Ojineme, led the protesters who carried banners with inscriptions such as “Senator Natasha is a serial blackmailer,” “Senate Committee on Local Content is not our birthright but privilege,” “Nigeria women for sustainable democracy support Sen. Akpabio,” “Nigerian women for good governance asked Sen. Natasha to stop embarrassing Nigerian women,” and “Nigerians are proud of Akpabio.”
Addressing journalists, Ojineme alleged that the axed Kogi Central lawmaker was being used by certain forces to discredit the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. “We, the united women for good governance, have discovered that this false allegation of sexual harassment has a very strong political undertone heavily propelled in collaboration with Sen. Natasha by those who are interested in the office of the Senate President at all costs.”
“We, the united women for good governance, hereby send a strong warning to these evil planners that what they’re doing is nothing but trying to stab democracy with a fire dagger, which must be resisted by all well-meaning and good Nigerians. Any unconventional, unlawful, and demonic means such as this, targeted at removing any head of a tier of government, is treasonable.”
Mrs Ojineme warned that should the Kogi Central Senator persist in mobilising supporters against the Senate, she must face even stricter punishments.
“We, therefore, encourage the Nigerian senators and the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to remain dedicated to their duties and not fail to give stringent punishment to Senator Natasha should she continue to mobilise street beggars, jobless boys, and ladies against the Nigerian Senate.”
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