April 01, (THEWILL) – The suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has accused Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of instructing former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, to assassinate her.
Speaking on Tuesday, while addressing her supporters in Ihima, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State, Natasha claimed that Akpabio, in collaboration with influential figures in the All Progressives Congress (APC), orchestrated plans to recall her from the Senate.
She recounted how the Senate President allegedly pressured Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, to lead the recall process but was met with resistance.
“Let me say this now. On the 14th of March at 10:30 PM, mind you, two days before that, on the 12th—Akpabio spoke to Governor Ododo to recall me. But he told him it would be impossible because the masses are with her, the people are with her. But Akpabio was not satisfied”, she told her supporters.
Natasha further alleged that Akpabio then turned to Yahaya Bello, with a senator from Cross River, Asuquo Ekpenyong, reportedly escorting Bello to a meeting where money exchanged hands to fund the recall process.
Natasha accused Akpabio of explicitly directing Bello to have her killed in Kogi and not Abuja, ensuring that it would appear as an attack by locals rather than a politically motivated assassination.
“The second thing he told him was that he should try and kill me. I didn’t make this public, but I wrote to the IG of Police. And Akpabio told Yahaya Bello—I am standing on what I’ve said. He told him that he should make sure that killing me does not happen in Abuja, that it should be done here so it will seem as if it’s the people that killed me here”, she alleged.
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