{"id":154190,"date":"2025-03-06T20:27:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T19:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/natasha-won-she-was-bullied-by-senators-oby-ezekwesili-backs-kogi-lawmaker"},"modified":"2025-03-10T23:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T22:54:47","slug":"natasha-won-she-was-bullied-by-senators-oby-ezekwesili-backs-kogi-lawmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-won-she-was-bullied-by-senators-oby-ezekwesili-backs-kogi-lawmaker","title":{"rendered":"Natasha won, she was bullied by Senators \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili backs Kogi lawmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has thrown her weight behind the embattled Senator representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.<\/p>\n<p>Natasha was on Thursday slammed with a six-month suspension without pay following allegations of sexual harassment she leveled against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Ezekwesili, in a post on her X handle, said, \u201cNatasha won today,\u201d alleging that the lawmaker was bullied by the Senators who spoke at the Thursday plenary.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote, \u201cThat was the most they could do\u2014collectively abuse their powers. As always, Natasha is holding strong. Really strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday is NOT Forever, as I have always said in this country and been proven right often enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll reasonable Nigerians should be proud of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe sat dignified to the end, in a room filled with men who collectively bullied her for daring to speak up for herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerian Women and all Real Men of goodwill should draw profound inspiration from her stoicism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s plenty of work ahead for all who believe in this Cause of unearthing the Truth on this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has thrown her weight behind the embattled Senator representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Natasha was on Thursday slammed with a six-month suspension without pay following allegations of sexual harassment she leveled against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Reacting, Ezekwesili, in a post [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":154189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[396,254,3916],"class_list":["post-154190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kogi","tag-nigeria","tag-oby-ezekwesili"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Natasha won, she was bullied by Senators \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili backs Kogi lawmaker - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has thrown her weight behind the embattled Senator representing the Kogi C ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-won-she-was-bullied-by-senators-oby-ezekwesili-backs-kogi-lawmaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Natasha won, she was bullied by Senators \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili backs Kogi lawmaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has thrown her weight behind the embattled Senator representing the Kogi C ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-won-she-was-bullied-by-senators-oby-ezekwesili-backs-kogi-lawmaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-06T19:27:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-10T22:54:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741280765.753685.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"567\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-won-she-was-bullied-by-senators-oby-ezekwesili-backs-kogi-lawmaker#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-won-she-was-bullied-by-senators-oby-ezekwesili-backs-kogi-lawmaker\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Natasha won, she was bullied by Senators \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili backs Kogi lawmaker\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-06T19:27:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-10T22:54:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-won-she-was-bullied-by-senators-oby-ezekwesili-backs-kogi-lawmaker\"},\"wordCount\":206,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-won-she-was-bullied-by-senators-oby-ezekwesili-backs-kogi-lawmaker#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1741280765.753685.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kogi\",\"Nigeria\",\"Oby Ezekwesili\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-won-she-was-bullied-by-senators-oby-ezekwesili-backs-kogi-lawmaker#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-won-she-was-bullied-by-senators-oby-ezekwesili-backs-kogi-lawmaker\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-won-she-was-bullied-by-senators-oby-ezekwesili-backs-kogi-lawmaker\",\"name\":\"Natasha won, she was bullied by Senators \u2013 Oby Ezekwesili backs Kogi lawmaker - 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