The senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has been urged to stop the continuous embarrasment of Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio over allegation of sexual harassment.
Some female members of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, gave the advice during a protest to to the state secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on the allegation of sexual harrasment by Natasha against the senate president.
The protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as “Natasha Is Not The Only Woman in The Senate,” “Women In Leadership Are Able To Handle Their Affairs Without Drawing Unnecessary Attention,” and “Natasha Should Comport Herself and Apologize to the Senate to Reduce Her Suspension,” among others.
They maintained that the suspension of Natasha has nothing to do with her accusation of Akpabio of sexual harassment but is a result of her disobedience to the rules of the senate.
The leader of the group and Edo South Woman Leader of the APC, Hon. Itohan Osahon Edokpolo said the public should be well educated not to dabble into the affairs of the senate, noting that every organization has rules and regulations guiding them and they have the right to implement the rules whichever way is suitable.
She called on women to comport themselves in a way and manner that they will be respected by Men and shouldn’t bring out their waywardness to the public and ridicle the dignity of other Women.
While noting that this is the first time Senator Natasha is going to the Senate, the APC woman leader urged her not use her attitude to prevent other women’s opportunity of going to the senate.
Receiving the Edo APC women group, the Edo State Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Comrade Festus Alenkhe urged them to go about the protest peacefully and ensure that hoodlums do not hijack the protest to cause disorderliness.
He assured the protesters that their information would be adequately reported to the general public.
