Yemi Adaramodu, spokesperson of the senate, says his stomach
churned when he watched clips of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan planting a k!ss on her
husband before waltzing into the upper legislative chamber.
On March 5, Emmanuel Uduaghan arrived at the National
Assembly Complex with Akpoti-Uduaghan, his wife and senator representing Kogi
central.
The couple, clad in white and all smiles, k!ssed for a split
second before Akpoti-Uduaghan made her way to plenary to submit the sexual
harassment petition against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’
programme, Adaramodu said the couple’s display of affection, in the full glare
of television cameras and a battery of reporters, was “unthinkable and
unspeakable”.
“This is bewildering… like, I was watching all the clips.
It’s quite very sickening and it’s omnipotently pathetic… that this is where we
are and then the leadership, especially the first arm of government, which is
the legislature,” the senate spokesperson said.
“When I saw my colleague and sister Natasha Akpoti entering
with a k!ss, it made me look back at when we were acting during stage theatres
or entertainment in primary school. Is this where we are still? So, don’t let
me go there.
“Very unthinkable and unspeakable.”
Asked if it was wrong for Emmanuel Uduaghan to accompany his
wife to the national assembly in a show of solidarity, Adaramodu bristled:
“Solidarity over what? Over internal matters in the senate? It is legal but
it’s socially, morally and politically wrong. It doesn’t mean that all legal
things are very good for adults to act.
“I said initially that this is an episode of content
creation and the content has been created. That is part of the skits of the
contents being created by our colleague and then the whole thing is trending.”
On Thursday, the senate suspended the Kogi lawmaker for six
months following the adoption of the report by the committee on ethics,
privileges, and public petitions.
Her suspension followed an altercation with Akpabio over
seating arrangements.
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