The Senate has refuted allegations by suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who claimed there were plans to arrest her upon her return from the Inter-Parliamentary Union event in New York.
In a statement on Monday, Senate spokesperson Adeyemi Adaramodu dismissed Akpoti-Uduaghan’s accusations, insisting that neither Senate President Godswill Akpabio nor the Senate had any interest in engaging with her over the matter.
“She’s looking for her lost content creation needle in a haystack,” Adaramodu said, dismissing the senator’s claims.
“The Senate President and the Nigerian Senate have no reason to join issues with her anymore.”
Akpoti-Uduaghan had alleged that her arrest was imminent upon her arrival in Abuja, further accusing Akpabio of sending officials to remove her from the United Nations premises.
She maintained that her participation in the IPU event was legitimate, despite her suspension from the Senate.
Reacting to her claims, Adaramodu suggested that the senator was only experiencing the consequences of her own actions at the IPU.
“If she’s being haunted by her unguarded vituperations against Nigeria at the IPU in faraway New York, she should spare the Senate, which is not ready to be her accomplice in such a sordid voyage,” he said.
Akpoti-Uduaghan had earlier explained in an interview that she registered for the IPU meeting online.
She also claimed that international parliamentarians and security personnel intervened to rescue her after Akpabio allegedly sent staff members to remove her from the UN premises.
