The sexual harassment allegation Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan raised against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, is not before the Senate.
The spokesperson for the Senate, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, stated this while speaking on Arise TV’s Morning Show on Monday.
He said the case before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petition is the one on Akpoti-Uduaghan not complying with the Senate standing orders.
He said “The only matter before the Senate is between Senator Natasha and the rest of the senators, that she is not complying with the standing orders of the Senate. No other issues.
“Then, if there is anything that comes tomorrow about any senator in the National Aseembly, the ethics, privileges and public petition committee will review once it is referred to them. It is going to be taken as an internal affair.
“In the hallowed chamber, whatever we do or say is not actionable in the court, so because of that, the committee will treat the issue as it comes.
“The Senate does not run the committee with senators. The Senate President does not even run with its members. It is an independent committee.”
It would be recalled that on Friday, Natasha Akpoti—Uduaghan, during an interview with Arise TV said Akpabio wanted to have sex with her.
According to her, Akpabio is punishing her for refusing to sleep with him
She made the allegation as an offshoot of the altercation between her Akpabio over a seating arrangement in the Senate on Thursday.
