The Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, told the BBC on Tuesday that her “illegal” suspension from the Nigerian Senate is a deliberate attempt to silence her.
“I am being victimised. My suspension is a way to silence me,” she said.
Akpoti-Uduaghan, who had accused the senate president Godswill Akpabio of victimising her because she turned down his sexual advances, narrated her encounter with him at his home, “We were at his country home. He was taking me around his house. My husband was walking behind us. He held my hand.
“He then squeezed my hands in a very suggestive way. We, women, know what it means when a man squeezes our hands in a suggestive way.
“And he went, ‘Now that you’re in the Senate, I’ll make an opportunity for us to come here and have a good moment,’ you know, along that line.”
When asked if Akpabio had made advances towards her inside the Senate chamber, she recalled another incident. “There was a time when I rushed to work and forgot to wear my ring. There were about five senators there. He said, ‘Oh Natasha, you are not wearing your ring, is this an invitation to treat?’ You know, statements like this.”
Mr Akpabio denies ever sexually harassing Natasha or any woman.
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