Yemi Adaramodu, Senate spokesperson, says the upper legislative chamber will review recent comments by Adams Oshiomhole on the suspension of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central.
Speaking in a telephone conversation with TheCable on
Tuesday, Adaramodu also dismissed Oshiomhole’s claim that some senators’
signatures were forged or improperly included in the report that recommended
Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension.
“That is not true. Signatures forged, over what?” he said.
Oshiomhole, senator representing Edo north, had alleged in
an interview on AIT that some lawmakers whose names appeared on the report did
not append their signatures to the document.
The former Edo governor cited Ireti Kingibe, senator
representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), whom he claimed told him that
she only signed the attendance register of the committee meeting and not the
suspension report.
Adaramodu said no senator had raised such concerns before
the senate.
“If Senator Kingibe had anything against any procedure, she
would report it on the floor of the senate, not to an individual,” he said.
“But it is not even true, because I was part of the ethics
and public petitions committee that listened to the matter.
“Nobody will say that he or she was coerced or somebody’s
signature was forged; that has never happened in the senate and it cannot
happen. It has never happened.
“Senators are independent-minded people. We are mature men
and women. And if you have any infraction against anybody, that person can,
without any advocate from anywhere, that person will show it. So there’s
nothing like that. I’m just hearing it for the first time. That’s very
strange.”
Asked whether the senate would sanction Oshiomhole over the
allegations, Adaramodu said the chamber would first examine the remarks.
“We are going to review any statements made by him. The
senate will take a cursory look at either extraneous, spontaneous or
intentional comments from any senator appropriately,” he added.
“We are going to look into it. We will take a stand and
everyone will know where we stand. But we can say no senator has reported that
his or her senator was forged during the Natasha matter.
“It was debated on the floor of the senate openly at the
plenary in the full glare of every Nigerian and even the international
audience, and so nothing to hide.
“All Nigerians knew where we stood then on the issue of
Natasha… that she ran foul of the senate’s orders. And we are orderly because
we are bounded by orders of the senate.”
Oshiomhole had alleged that at least three senators
privately told him they did not sign the report recommending Akpoti-Uduaghan’s
six-month suspension despite their names appearing on the document.
Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended in March 2025 over allegations
of gross misconduct and unruly behaviour following her dispute with Senate
President Godswill Akpabio.
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