There Is No Connection Between Akpabio And Natasha – Senate

The Senate spokesperson and Chairman of the Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, has stated there is no connection between Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the embattled lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

He asserted that the issue on the ground is between Akpoti-Uduaghan and the Senate.

Speaking during an appearance on Channels Television on Tuesday evening, he stressed that the rules invoked for the suspension were established by the Senate and not by any individual.

He said, “There’s nothing subsisting between the Senate President and our colleague Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. It’s not about the Senate President, it’s about the Senate as a whole.”

On the continued denial of access to the National Assembly, Adaramodu pointed to the nature of Natasha’s attempted return.

He said, “If you are coming to the National Assembly with a multitude of a mob, a mob multitude… carrying placards, carrying flags, chanting war songs, there’s no way the National Assembly will allow you in.

“The only place where the senators [can access] strictly is the chamber, which is the hallowed chamber. And we never allow anything that smokes like illegality to enter the chamber.

“As far as the Senate is concerned… the suspension subsists because, and she should not be allowed entrance or access to the National Assembly.”