Senate dismisses Akpoti-Uduaghan’s arrest allegations

In a statement today, Senate Spokesman Adeyemi Adaramodu stated that Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Senate have no reason to engage with Akpoti-Uduaghan on the matter.

“She’s looking for her lost content creation needle in a haystack,” Adaramodu remarked, rejecting the senator’s allegations.

Akpoti-Uduaghan had earlier claimed that Akpabio sent staff members to remove her from the UN premises after her speech at the IPU event. She also maintained that her participation was legitimate despite her suspension.

Reacting to these claims, Adaramodu suggested that the senator was being haunted by her own actions at the IPU.

“If she’s being troubled 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 said.

In an interview yesterday, Akpoti-Uduaghan reiterated that she was aware of plans to arrest her upon arrival in Abuja.

“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 Chargé D’Affaires of the Nigerian embassy in New York, to evacuate me from the United Nations premises right after my speech,” she alleged.

She further stated that she was rescued by foreign parliamentarians and security officials.

The senator explained that she registered for the event online, insisting that her presence at the IPU was legitimate.