Suspended Kogi lawmaker, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has claimed that Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and former state governor, Yahaya Bello, are allegedly conspiring to have her killed.
Akpoti-Uduaghan made these accusations while addressing her supporters at a homecoming event in Ihime, located in the Okehi local government area of the state on Tuesday.
The troubled lawmaker revealed that on March 14, Akpabio purportedly summoned Yahaya Bello to discuss plans for her assassination.
Before this, Natasha asserted that the Senate President had asked Kogi state governor, Usman Ododo, to initiate her recall, which she alleged the governor dismissed as unattainable.
Following that, Akpabio allegedly called for Yahaya Bello, who was reportedly picked up from Hilton hotel by Senator Asuquo.
She claimed that the two men intended to orchestrate her murder in Kogi, intending to make it appear as though she was killed by her own constituents.
“Let me clarify this now, on March 13 at 10:30 PM, two days prior to that meeting, Akpabio had a conversation with Governor Ododo about my recall. However, he informed him that it would be impossible because the public supports me.
“Yet, Akpabio was not content. He subsequently summoned Yahaya Bello. It was actually Senator Asuquo from Cross Rivers who transported Yahaya Bello from the Hilton hotel; I was made aware of all this.
“When I learned of it, the meeting had two objectives. He instructed him to initiate my recall and mentioned he would provide financial backing. Certainly, money exchanged hands that night.
“The second directive was to ensure my murder. I wasn’t public about this, but I did report it to the Inspector General of Police. Akpabio advised Yahaya Bello that the assassination should take place in Kogi, so it would appear as though locals were responsible for my death.
“I didn’t disclose this publicly, yet we did notify the security forces about it,” Natasha recounted.
The suspended lawmaker further revealed how Akpabio reportedly grilled other senators regarding the relocation of an energy project from the Niger Delta to the North.
She indicated that her removal from the local content committee was related to this project.
“He questioned several cabinet members, probing how the project came to be here.
“In his remarks, he expressed that such resources should not be shifted from the Niger Delta to the North and declared he would put a stop to it. I can demonstrate what he did in that regard.
“After the Senate President dismissed me—as a matter of fact, it was due to the five energy projects that Akpabio removed me from the Committee of Local Content.”
