Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has cautioned against security agencies investigating how Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan attended the IPU meeting in New York.
He believes such a probe would bring unnecessary embarrassment to Nigeria. Akpoti-Uduaghan had spoken at the IPU meeting about her Senate suspension and allegations against Senate President Akpabio.
Akpabio, in response, stated her actions humiliated Nigeria. Reports indicate the DSS and NIA have begun an investigation, but Falana argues this would ultimately embarrass certain high-ranking officials within the Tinubu administration.
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The statement reads in parts, “Finally, it is public knowledge that the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio had accused Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of embarrassing the government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by reporting her suspension by the senate to the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
“Contrary to the jaundiced views of the senate leader, it is the official probe of the circumstances of her trip by security forces that will expose Nigeria to needless embarrassment and undeserved ridicule
“Therefore, the SSS and NIA may study the report of the investigation of our illegal travelling by the Sani Abacha military junta before embarking on the futile attempt to probe Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for having the temerity to externalise the “internal affair of the Senate.
“In fact, the probe will particularly embarrass some top officials of the Bola Tinubu administration who were once accused of travelling out of Nigeria to embarrass the defunct military junta.”
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