Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central in the Nigerian Senate, has refuted claims by UK-based businesswoman Sandra Duru, who alleged that the Senator is attempting to undermine President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.
Reports indicate that Sandra Duru accused Akpoti-Uduaghan of planning to campaign against the President by attacking Senate President Godswill Akpabio, with the goal of bringing about the downfall of the Tinubu administration within the National Assembly.
However, in an exclusive interview with US-based Nigerian journalist Adeola Fayehun, Akpoti-Uduaghan denied making such remarks, emphasizing that she is not a tribalist.
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She said, “People who know me know that I am not a tribalist. I respect and appreciate every tribe in Nigeria, every ethnicity.
“I am half Nigerian and half Ukrainian—who am I to talk about tribe when I am one part of the other world? That is not my nature; that is not my language.
“If anybody said that, it’s probably her team, the people who have sponsored her. Her sponsors are the ones who have probably put those words to her because they knew that I had enjoyed a lot of support from Nigerians, not just in Kogi State, but across the country and even in the diaspora.”
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has claimed that Senate President Godswill Akpabio is uncomfortable with the cordial relationship she shares with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. She believes this discomfort is a motivating factor behind Akpabio’s actions towards her.
She said, “The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, also knows that I enjoyed a good relationship with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I have not said it in the open before, but I am saying it now, and that annoyed him because there was a time when the Senate President told my husband, ‘Are you aware that your wife goes to see the President?’ and my husband told him he was aware.
“Whenever I have critical issues to raise, like before I brought up the issue of probing Ajaokuta, I did meet with Mr. President to make sure he knew the nature of it, and he was okay with it. For other matters, too, I have met him in person.
“So, I do not have a hostile relationship with the President, even though I am in the opposition. I keep saying, the good people of Kogi Central voted me as a Senator to work, not to antagonise or create enmity.
“I want the people to know my issue is with the Senate President—not the entire Senate, the Nigerian people, the institutions, or the Presidency,” she said.
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