Police Launch Investigation Into Senator Natasha’s Claims Against Akpabio

A special team has been tasked by Inspector-General of Police Kayode Egbetokun to investigate the serious charges made against Senate President Godswill Akpabio by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello were allegedly accused by Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan of conspiring to kill her.
Akpabio replied by sending a petition to the IGP on April 3rd, copying the Attorney General of the Federation and Justice Minister, Lateef Fagbemi.

The president of the Senate called the senator’s remarks “defamatory” and urged the government to take legal action to protect him and maintain peace.

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The IGP has already taken action on the petition, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, confirmed the situation to The Nation.
Yes, Godswill Akpabio, the president of the Senate, has sent us the petition. “A team has been instructed by the IGP to look into it,” Adejobi said.

During a homecoming speech to her supporters on April 1, the senator made the accusations, claiming that the purported plot to remove her was the result of an unsuccessful attempt to recall her from the Senate.

Before making her charges public, she informed the audience that she had previously filed an official complaint with the police.

According to Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, “Remember, two days prior to that, Akpabio had called Governor Ododo to start my recall, but Ododo informed him it would not be possible.” This was stated on March 13 at 10:00 p.m. Since everyone is on my side, Ododo assured Akpabio that the recall would not be possible. Akpabio called Yahaya Bello because he was not happy. I was told everything.

There were two purposes for the meeting. They instructed him to start my recall and promised to provide the funding. He said he should try to kill me as his second statement. I have written to the Inspector General of Police, but I have not made this public.

According to the senator, “Akpabio told Yahaya Bello that he should make sure that killing me does not happen in Abuja, that it should happen here so that it will look like it was the people that killed me here.”