Sandra Duru, a United Kingdom (UK)-based activist, popularly known as Professor Mgbeke, says Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended senator representing Kogi central, fabricated the sexual harassment allegation against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Duru speaking during a live Facebook session held on Thursday night, also alleged that Akpoti-Uduaghan offered her N200 million to falsely accuse Akpabio of organ harvesting. She said the Senator also organized some notable women, including Dr Obi Ezekwezili to frustrate the Senate committee investigating the matter.
Duru said she had audio recordings and call logs in which the senator admitted she had no evidence to back her claim against the senate president. She alleged that the senator also tried to link Akpabio to the 2021 death of Iniubong Umoren, a young woman murdered in Akwa Ibom.
She said she preserved messages and recordings before the senator deleted them and has submitted all materials to authorities in the United States (US) and other countries. She also claimed to have petitioned international security agencies, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), and the Nigeria police.
“The Nigerian police should handle the case of Natasha and her false allegations,” she said. She said she wants to force the senate president to step down so that they can remove what they call the Yoruba government. She said the reason for the fight was not really about the senate president, but about the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. She said they don’t want the Yoruba government to go beyond four years.”
Duru described Akpoti-Uduaghan as someone on “a mission to destroy men”.
Meanwhile, the suspended Senator has dismissed all the claims made by Duru. In a statement released on Friday evening, she said “The content of the livestream including the voice effect credited to me are entirely untrue, and most manipulated to serve Sandra Duru’s ulterior motive of playing the script of Senator Godswill Akpabio. In the nearest of time, I will respond to the unfounded allegations made therein.”