Adams Oshiomhole, a senator representing Edo North, has claimed that the signatures of at least three lawmakers were forged or improperly included in the report that recommended the six-month suspension of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, a senator representing Kogi Central.
Oshiomhole spoke while responding to comments by Opeyemi
Bamidele, the Senate leader, who described Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension as one
of the lowest points of the 10th Senate.
Speaking in an interview on AIT, the former governor of Edo
state said some senators whose names appeared on the report had privately told
him they did not sign the document or endorse its recommendations.
He cited Ireti Kingibe, senator representing the Federal
Capital Territory (FCT), who, according to him, expressed surprise at seeing
her name listed.
“The committee does a hearing; members are expected to sign
the report to endorse it. If you don’t agree, you can abstain. But some said
they didn’t sign, yet their names were published,” Oshiomhole said.
“People like Senator Ireti Kingibe. She told me, ‘But I
didn’t sign that report. But my name was published'”.
He suggested that attendance registers may have been misused
in place of actual signatures on the report, describing the development as
inappropriate.
“So, where many don’t accept the content, they could abstain
from signing it because to sign is to endorse. One, two or three senators said,
‘We didn’t sign, but our names were there,” he said.
“But how? Some say maybe they attached an attendance
register, which is not the appropriate thing. But that’s not my problem. If
Opeyemi said so, I think you should take it seriously.”
Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended in March 2025 following
allegations of gross misconduct and unruly behaviour, linked to her persistent
accusations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
The suspension barred her from the national assembly
complex, halted her salary and allowances, and led to the sealing of her
office.
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