"Your Days Are Numbered in Politics", Natasha Tells Akpabio, Bello, Thanks INEC

• Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan has thanked the INEC, as the electoral commission rejected her recall over a lack of constitutional compliance
• Natasha, who is currently under a six-month suspension over a lack of adherence to rules, warned Senate President Godswill Akpabio and ex-Governor Yahaya Bello
• The embattled lawmaker recently accused the Senate President, Akpabio, of sexual harassment and vowed that his and Bello's days in politics were numbered

Lokoja, Kogi - Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for rejecting a recall process by the National Assembly.

The embattled lawmaker, who is currently under a six-month suspension for rule violations, praised the electoral commission 'for upholding justice, constitutionality and refused to bow to pressures from undemocratic elements'.

Natasha accuses Akpabio of sexual harassment

Akpoti-Uduaghan previously accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of systematically silencing her since she rejected sexual advances from him. She has claimed on different media platforms that Akpabio sexually harassed her and then punished her after she told him no.

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Her recall process started after the suspension and the challenging of the Senate president in court for sexual harassment. However, INEC ruled out the recall as it failed to comply with the constitution on two occasions and explained that no further action would be taken on it.

Natasha reacts as INEC rejects recall process

Reacting to the development in a statement she signed and sent to Legit.ng on Thursday, April 3, the suspended Senator said God has shamed her political enemies in the Senate, including the immediate past governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello.

The statement reads in part:

"God has put to shame anti-democratic forces plotting my recall from the Senate, including one of the most wanted persons by the EFCC, former governor Yahaya Bello."

Akpoti-Uduaghan explained that the decision of INEC was the voice of the people and God, adding that nobody, including Yahaya Bello and Senate President Akpabio, as well as their associates, could toy with the mandate given to her by the Kogi Central people.

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Natasha said INEC action was justice against injustice

She said she has no fear because she has God and the people behind her.

"The decision to reject the recall process is justice against injustice. INEC has proven to be truly independent, and history will never forget this justice."

Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan then warned her political enemies, adding that they had been defeated. She described the development as 'record-breaking' because it knocked out those who planned to take back routes to victory.

"Please bear it in mind that your days are numbered in politics because the new era has come when people will no longer reckon or identify with evil politicians whose trademark is not more than violence, rigging and corruption."

Natasha called out Akpabio, Yahaya Bello

Legit.ng earlier reported that Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan called out Senate President Godswill Akpabio over an alleged report that her rally in Kogi could be hijacked by hoodlums.

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In a statement on April 1, she also called out Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi and his predecessor, Yahaya Bello, making the same allegation against them as that of Akpabio.

The senator's allegations against the trio came hours after the police urged her to suspend her homecoming rally, citing a security report of possible interference by ruffians.

Proofreading by Bruce Douglas, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng