Natasha: Senate Passes Vote Of Confidence On Akpabio

Forty-eight (48) hours after suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti–Uduaghan addressed the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) in New York, United States, the Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly passed vote of confidence on the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio.

Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan had claimed at the IPU that her suspension was due to raising issue of sexual harassment against President of the Nigerian Senate, Akpabio.

In passing the confidence vote on the Senate President, the upper legislative chamber also urged Nigerians not to distract it with the issue of sexual harassment raised against Akpabio by Natasha as the matter was already in the court of law.

The senate said this prevents the Senate based on Order 40 of its standing rules from dabbling into the matter.

The vote of confidence on Akpabio by all the Senators in plenary on Thursday, followed the motion moved to that effect by the Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central) and seconded by the Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Senator Olalere Oyewumi (Osun West).

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