The Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions has dismissed Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s sexual harassment and abuse of office petition against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
The committee has declared the petition “dead on arrival.”
Chairman of the committee, Senator Neda Imasuen, during the probe session, cited Order 40 of the Senate Standing Orders, saying that that Akpoti-Uduaghan signed the petition herself rather than having it endorsed by another individual, thereby rendering it procedurally invalid.
He said the matters raised in the petition were already before the court, making them sub judice and beyond the senate’s jurisdiction.
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