A Nigerian Senator representing Ekiti South senatorial district in the National Assembly, Yemi Adaramodu, has slammed his colleague from Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for entering Wednesday’s plenary with a kiss from her husband, High Chief Emmanuel Uduaghan.
DAILY POST reported that the Kogi Central senator on Tuesday tendered a sexual harassment petition against Akpabio.
The petition was submitted on the floor of the upper legislative chamber after the Senate resumed plenary.
The female lawmaker also accused Akpabio of abuse of office and malicious obstruction of her legislative functions.
Nigeria Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has denied allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Akpabio has since denied any allegation.
At plenary on Wednesday, the Senator said he does not harass women.
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions had said the ‘sexual harassment’ petition by Senator Natasha against Akpabio was dead on arrival
Appearing on Channels Television on Wednesday, Senator Adaramodu said that Natasha was only creating content.
“This is bewildering…like I was watching all the clips, it’s quite very sickening and pathetic… when I saw my colleague and sister (Natasha Akpoti) entering with a kiss, it made me look back at when we were acting in this kind of entertainment in primary school that is this where we are still? So, don’t let me go there,” Adaramodu said.
He then queried: “Solidarity over what? Over internal matters in the Senate? It is legal but it’s socially and politically wrong. It doesn’t mean that all legal things are good for adults to act in public.
“This is just an episode of content creation and the content has been created. That is part of the skits of the contents being created by our colleague. Now we are saying that laws should not be obeyed anymore.
“Are we saying that when one of us, man or woman, breaches the law we should overlook it… now we’re talking about a grievous breach and infraction against the rules and orders of the Senate. And today, where our sister said over her dead body she would not go to the other seat, she was there today to raise a point of order and present a petition to the Senate today.”
“It means that she knew that Order 6 was to be obeyed. It means that what happened on February 20 was a serious, omnipotent and very powerful infraction against the Senate,” he further stated.
‘Content creator’ – Adaramodu slams Natasha for entering plenary with kiss
