The suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has introduced another dimension to her ongoing feud with Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
LEADERSHIP recalls that the female Senator was suspended by the Senate for six months earlier in the year for breaching Senate rules following her open altercation with the Senate President over new seating arrangement in the Red Chamber.
The crisis took another dimension days later when Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan accused Akpabio of sexual harassment on a live television show.
Both parties later approached the courts for redress.
However, in an unexpected move on Sunday night, Senator Natasha posted a bizarre Letter of Apology addressed to Senator Akpabio on her verified Facebook page in which she mocked the Senate President, a development that may further widen the gulf between both feuding parties.
The embattled lawmaker, who described herself as ‘Unafraid, Unbought, and Unbroken’, wrote: “Dear Distinguished Senate President Godswill Akpabio,
“It is with the deepest sarcasm and utmost theatrical regret that I tender this apology for the grievous crime of possessing dignity and self-respect in your most exalted presence. I have reflected extensively on my unforgivable failure to recognize that legislative success in certain quarters is apparently not earned through merit, but through the ancient art of compliance — of the very personal kind.
“How remiss of me not to understand that my refusal to indulge your… “requests” was not merely a personal choice, but a constitutional violation of the unwritten laws of certain men’s entitlement. Truly, I must apologize for prioritizing competence over capitulation, vision over vanity, and the people’s mandate over private dinners behind closed doors.
“I now realize the catastrophic consequences of my actions: legislation delayed, tempers flared, and the tragic bruising of egos so large they require their own postcodes. For this disruption to the natural order of “quid pro quo,” I bow my head in fictional shame.
“Please find it in your magnanimous heart — somewhere buried deep beneath layers of entitlement — to forgive this stubborn woman who mistakenly believed that her seat in the Senate was earned through elections, not erections.”
