The Senate may be open to investigate the sexual harassment allegations levelled against Senate president Godswill Akpabio if Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan files claim with Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petition.
This point was made by Senate spokesperson, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, Monday while taking questions from a chat on Arise TV. He said the only case currently under the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petition concerns Akpoti-Uduaghan’s alleged non-compliance with the Senate’s standing orders.
“The only matter before the Senate is between Senator Natasha and the rest of the senators, that she is not complying with the standing orders of the Senate. No other issues.”
Addressing the possibility of future complaints, Adaramodu emphasised that the committee would handle any matter referred to it, describing it as an internal affair of the Senate.
“Then, if there is anything that comes tomorrow about any senator in the National Assembly, the ethics, privileges and public petition committee will review once it is referred to them. It is going to be taken as an internal affair.
“In the hallowed chamber, whatever we do or say is not actionable in the court, so because of that, the committee will treat the issue as it comes.”
