Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, deputy senate chief whip, says Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi central, is not among Nigeria’s most beautiful women to warrant claims of sexual harassment.
Nwaebonyi spoke on Wednesday in an interview with News
Central TV.
He also alleged that Akpoti-Uduaghan had a history of making
accusations to manipulate situations in her favour.
“She accused Reno Omokri of sexual harassment during the
time of Goodluck Jonathan as president when the young man was already in U.S.
attending to national issues,” he said.
“But, unlucky to her, she didn’t know that this young man
was outside the country. Upon a slightest provocation, she will come up with
allegation of sexual harassment.
“And I don’t know what is wrong with this lady. Does she
think that she’s the most beautiful woman on earth? Or is it because she’s that
chocolate colour?
“In my own assessment, she’s not among the beautiful women
in Nigeria. And it is high time we came down hard on her.
“And why people like us are speaking on top of her voice is
not just to protect and defend the senate president but to protect and defend
her future victims.”
Akpoti-Uduaghan had recently accused Senate President
Godswill Akpabio of sexually harassing her.
The allegation came in the wake of an altercation between
Akpabio and the Kogi central senator at the red chamber over seating
arrangements.
She was subsequently suspended from the senate for six
months for “gross misconduct” over the incident.
Days later, some Kogi central constituents initiated
Akpoti-Uduaghan’s recall from the upper chamber, accusing her of “gross
misconduct, abuse of office, and deceitful behaviour”.
The senator has denied wrongdoing and called the recall
effort a “coordinated suppression” of her voice.
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