Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has slammed the incumbent Senate President, Godswill Akpabio for saying he (Saraki) wants a Niger Delta person removed from the office of the Senate President.
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has slammed the incumbent Senate President, Godswill Akpabio for saying he wants a Niger Delta person removed from the office of the Senate President. Saraki said that the earlier call he made to Akpabio to ensure that transparent and open process was instituted to investigate the accusation levelled against him by one of his colleagues, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has been misinterpreted to mean an attempt to remove him .
reported that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan had rejected a new sitting position allocated to her by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, dominated Senate. The dispute then escalated when Natasha appeared on national television and accused Akpabio of sexual harassment. The Senate President has since denied the claim. Natasha was then suspended from the Senate for six months. During this period, the lawmaker is not expected to receive salaries for herself and her staff.
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