Natasha’s kinsmen beg Tinubu, Ododo to intervene, ensure justice
The kinsmen of the embattled Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in the Ochiga-Ihima community, Kogi State, have pleaded with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to wade into the Akpabio/Natasha crisis in the Senate.
They also urged Kogi State governor, Ahmed Ododo, to intervene in Natasha/Akpabio’s imbroglio.
Aside from the President, they also urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP,) the Department of State Security (DSS) and other security agencies to restore Natasha’s security details, “to ensure her safety and unnecessary exposure to the antics of mischief makers, enemies and detractors.”
The concerned kinsmen subsequently called for an independent investigative body to investigate the impasse between the duo.
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The people in a statement signed by the secretary of Ochiga-Ihima Descendants Union, Alhaji Abdul-Aziz Sani, in Ilorin, added, “The verdict of ‘guilty as charged’ is the probable outcome. Hence, an independent investigative body or court will best guarantee a fair hearing and credible adjudication”.
According to them, the Senate Ethics Committee has lost its credibility to objectively handle the matter, noting that “the odds are heavily stacked against Natasha.”
Natasha’s kinsmen, while calling for the unconditional lifting of the six-month suspension slammed on her, posited that “to cajole Natasha to apologise to Akpabio or the Assembly in exchange for lifting her six months suspension is not justice. We expect the assembly to introspect and look inward in order to protect her collective public/international image.
“The six months suspension should be lifted without precondition. Natasha’s offence of objecting to relocating her to another seat without her prior knowledge should not attract a ‘capital punishment’ that denies the good people of Kogi Central Senatorial District their due representation in the National Assembly.”
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