The Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has insisted that the Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former governor Yahaya Bello, sponsored the recall process, using fake constituents against her.
The federal lawmaker wondered how a Senate President could go low to work with “one of the most EFCC wanted persons” against a distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic for selfish reasons.
In a thank you statement to her constituents and Nigerians, who came out enmass to welcome her despite various intimidations on Tuesday, Senator Natasha, promised not to let them down.
On Tuesday, supporters from Kogi Central’s five local government areas gathered early in Ihima, Okehi LGA, to welcome the PDP lawmaker.
Natasha received a rousing welcome from supporters despite a government ban on rallies and processions.
The Senator, however, challenged former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello to tell the world where he manufactured the names of those fake constituents calling for recall.
According to her, all available evidence and facts point directly to Bello as the mastermind behind the recall move.
The Senator cited Bello’s past actions before and during the 2023 general elections when he was accused of orchestrating multiple attacks against her, then a candidate.
The statement described the recall attempt as a continuation of Bello’s political vendetta against the senator.
She said: “I will advise the former governor to rather focus on clearing his name over allegations of fraudulent diversion of N89.2 billion, instead of attempting to destabilize the mandate given to me by the people of Kogi Central.
“The former governor’s hands are already full with corruption allegations, yet he is still bent on frustrating the will of the people. His actions before and during the last general elections, where he sponsored numerous attacks against me, are well documented. This recall attempt is nothing but another ploy to undermine the people’s will,” the statement read.
She added: “It is now very clear to the whole world how popular I am in my constituency. The powers that be did try to suppress the will of the people but my people emphatically said no. No to injustice, no to oppression of women, no to fake recall, no to Yahaya Bello and his allies.
“They (My people) came out enmass to resist government intimidations. We thank them for the massive show of love. We also thank our oppressors because their actions have now made them more unpopular while we gained more support.
“As more me, I will do more for my people. I will not betray them. I will continue to give my best and they should be rest assure of our best representation all the time,” the Senator said.