Sexual Harassment: Supporters of Senator Natasha Take Protest To NASS

Thousands of pro-Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan protesters on Wednesday besieged the gate leading to the National Assembly Complex over allegations of sexual harassment against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.

The protesters, comprising women and men from Kogi Central Senatorial District, carried placards, banners, and a national flag displaying their demands.

They called on the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions, where Senator Natasha alleged misconduct in the Chamber had been referred for probe by the Senate President.

According to them, a man can not be a judge in his case.

They called on Senator Akpabio to resign his position to allow for an unbiased probe of the allegations.

Some of the protesters claimed that their law firm had gone to court to secure injunction to stop the Senate Committee on Ethics from considering the earlier petition against her conduct in the senate session on seat allocation last month..

They said that the chairman and members of the committee can not be expected to dispense Justice without bias, seeing that they were appointed by the Senate President.

Confidence Okwuchi