Senate President Godswill Akpabio has denied allegations by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan that she was treated like a “domestic servant” and victimised under his leadership, dismissing the claims as “untrue.”
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Akpoti-Uduaghan, who returned to her office on Tuesday after months of suspension and legal battles, had accused Akpabio of running the Senate like a “dictator” and declared that she had “no apology to tender” for her defiance.
Responding on Wednesday morning during an interview with Channels TV, Akpabio’s media aide, Kenny Okolugbo, defended the Senate’s actions, insisting that her suspension followed due process.
“Senator Natasha was suspended on 6th March 2025 for gross misconduct after the Ethics and Privileges and Public Petitions Committee presented its findings to the Senate. The decision to suspend her for six months was in line with Senate rules and regulations,” Okolugbo explained.
He said her attempt to return to the chamber in July was invalid because the ruling of Justice Binta Nyako did not order her reinstatement but merely described the suspension as excessive.
Okolugbo also highlighted privileges Akpoti-Uduaghan had enjoyed in the Senate, which he argued contradict her claims of mistreatment.
“Senator Natasha was inaugurated on the 2nd of November 2023. By the 20th of November, she had already been made chairman of the committee on local contents.
“By January 2024, she was already a member of the International Public Parliamentary Union, she was made a member of ECOWAS, she had submitted three bills, and interestingly, while she was in suspension, her bill on the Federal Medical Centre in Kogi State was passed into law.
“How many senators have bills that have been passed into law? So how would she now say that she was being treated as a slave?” he asked.
He maintained that the Senate complied with its rules throughout the process and dismissed any suggestion of personal persecution by Akpabio as baseless.
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