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The Nigerian Senate has refuted reports that it plans to arrest Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the upper chamber of the National Assembly.
The lawmaker had on Sunday raised alarm, claiming that she was privy to plans to arrest her when she returns from her trip to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) summit in New York.
“I’m aware there are plans underway to arrest me as soon as I arrive in Abuja. The Senate President Akpabio sent three staff members, 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 said, adding that she legitimately participated in the IPU event despite her suspension.
However, Adeyemi Adaramodu, the Senate Spokesman, has dismissed the claim in a statement on Monday, saying there was nothing like that.
According to him, neither the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, nor the Senate has any reason to engage with Akpoti-Uduaghan on the matter.
“She’s looking for her lost content creation needle in a haystack,” Adaramodu said.
“The Senate President and the Nigerian Senate have no reason to join issues with her anymore.
“If she’s being haunted by her unguarded vituperations against Nigeria at the IPU in faraway New York, she should spare the Senate, which is not ready to be her accomplice in such a sordid voyage,” he stated.
