As the plenary session reopened after a week-long break, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the legislator for Kogi Central, made a spectacular entrance into the Senate Chamber on March 5, 2025, accompanied by her spouse.
Before she took her seat in the room, her husband gave her a quick kiss in a heartwarming moment.
Natasha took her place in a newly assigned seat as the center of ongoing conflict.
Particularly when she accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of sexual harassment, it was claimed that this scandal had increased tensions within the Senate.
These accusations have been categorically refuted by the Senate President, who has maintained that his actions were appropriate. However, the matter has sparked debates over the parliamentary assembly’s rules of behavior and etiquette.
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The entire focus of the plenary session was on Senator Natasha as she got ready to fulfill her legislative duties despite the turmoil that surrounded her.
An probe into the Kogi senator’s suspected breach with Senate laws was announced by the Ethics Committee at the same time that supporters of the senator gathered outside the National Assembly.
The committee will investigate the allegations against Natasha under the direction of Senator Neda Imaseun. Even after security officers used tear gas, the demonstrators persisted in calling for President Bola Tinubu to step in and expressing their disapproval of the way women are treated in the Senate.
Sexual harassment claims have been portrayed as a serious human rights concern.
