{"id":64990,"date":"2025-04-28T11:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T11:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64990"},"modified":"2025-04-28T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T11:43:11","slug":"suspended-senator-hits-akpabio-with-blistering-satire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/28\/suspended-senator-hits-akpabio-with-blistering-satire\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspended Senator Hits Akpabio with Blistering Satire"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Suspended Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has unleashed a stinging satirical \u201capology\u201d aimed at Senate President Godswill Akpabio, sharply criticizing what she calls the culture of submission over merit in Nigeria\u2019s upper legislative chamber.<\/p>\n

In a statement posted on her Facebook page on Sunday, Akpoti-Uduaghan cloaked serious accusations in biting sarcasm.<\/p>\n

She mockingly apologized for the \u201ccrime\u201d of maintaining dignity and refusing to bow to what she described as inappropriate demands.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the deepest sarcasm and utmost theatrical regret,\u201d she wrote, \u201cI tender this apology for the grievous crime of possessing dignity and self-respect in your most exalted presence.\u201d<\/p>\n

She accused Akpabio of presiding over a Senate where loyalty is prized above competence, hinting that her refusal to yield to alleged sexual advances partly led to her suspension.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow remiss of me not to understand that my refusal to indulge your… ‘requests’ was not merely a personal choice, but a constitutional violation of the unwritten laws of certain men\u2019s entitlement,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended for six months on March 6 after the Senate\u2019s Ethics Committee accused her of misconduct during a February 20 plenary session.<\/p>\n

Following her suspension, she lost her office, security details, and pay, and was barred from identifying as a senator both at home and abroad.<\/p>\n

Although the Senate had demanded a written apology as a condition for lifting her suspension, Akpoti-Uduaghan\u2019s response appears anything but submissive.<\/p>\n

Taking her battle beyond Nigerian borders, she addressed delegates at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting at the United Nations in New York on March 11, claiming harassment and political persecution.<\/p>\n

While the IPU promised to review her claims, a Nigerian delegate at the event insisted her suspension was purely procedural.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, security agencies have launched a probe into how she gained access to the UN session, alleging breaches of diplomatic protocol\u2014an accusation she dismissed, saying she registered independently as a past attendee.<\/p>\n

As investigations unfold, Akpoti-Uduaghan\u2019s fierce stand continues to spark debates on gender rights, political power play, and accountability in Nigeria\u2019s Senate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Adenike Lawal Suspended Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has unleashed a stinging satirical \u201capology\u201d aimed at Senate President Godswill Akpabio, sharply criticizing what she calls the culture of submission over merit in Nigeria\u2019s upper legislative chamber. In a statement posted on her Facebook page on Sunday, Akpoti-Uduaghan cloaked serious accusations in biting sarcasm. She […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":64991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64992,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64990\/revisions\/64992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}