Ekaette Akpabio, wife of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed allegations of sexual harassment leveled against her husband by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Senator representing Kogi Central, had in an interview with Arise Television today accused the Senate President of sexual harassment.
The Kogi lawmaker also alleged that Akpabio blocked her motions from being heard on the floor of the Senate because she rejected his sexual advances.
Akpoti-Uduaghan added that for rejecting Akpabio’s advances, she was subjected to persistent harassment and maligning.
But, reacting to the allegations against her husband, while speaking to newsmen on Friday – today, February 28 – at her Abuja residence, Ekaette Akpabio, wife of the Senate President, dismissed Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan’s allegations as a figment of the Senator’s imagination.
Recounting the cordial relationship that exists (existed?) between her family and Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan’s family, Mrs. Akpabio said: “The allegations are unfounded (as she was present at her family residence on the controversial December 8, 2023 date).
“Both families enjoy a long-standing cordial relationship that predates Senator Natasha’s marriage to her husband.”
Mrs. Akpabio praised her husband’s discipline as a man who loves and respects his family, citing his track record of supporting women’s inclusion in government even before his emergence as Senate President.
She, therefore, urged women to desist from peddling such false allegations, vowing to seek legal redress on the matter.
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