{"id":154343,"date":"2025-03-07T23:31:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/sexual-harassment-allegations-take-lie-detector-test-reno-omokri-urges-natasha-akpoti-uduaghan"},"modified":"2025-03-19T10:23:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:23:53","slug":"sexual-harassment-allegations-take-lie-detector-test-reno-omokri-urges-natasha-akpoti-uduaghan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/sexual-harassment-allegations-take-lie-detector-test-reno-omokri-urges-natasha-akpoti-uduaghan","title":{"rendered":"Sexual harassment allegations: \u2018Take lie detector test\u2019 \u2014 Reno Omokri urges Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former presidential media aide Reno Omokri has challenged Natasha Akpoti to undergo a lie detector test following her allegations of sexual harassment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.<\/p>\n<p>Omokri, in a detailed video posted on social media, revealed that Akpoti-Uduaghan had made similar allegations against him in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cOn Tuesday, 12 October 2021, Natasha Akpoti had a dispute with me and, after the dispute, she went on social media and accused me of sexually harassing her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe claimed that at a state banquet at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, held by President Goodluck Jonathan for the visiting Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, on Tuesday, 6 May 2014, I had sexually harassed her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, the thing is, a month before, the Chibok girls had been abducted, and as one of his presidential spokesmen, President Jonathan sent me to the United States as a special envoy to try to clean up Nigeria\u2019s image. I left in April and I wasn\u2019t back in Nigeria until the end of May. So, obviously, Natasha Akpoti lied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo what I did was go on social media and publish my passport stamp, showing my departure from Nigeria and entry into the United States. I also published a first-class British Airways ticket showing that I left Nigeria for the United Kingdom and then travelled from the United Kingdom to the United States. I was not in Nigeria throughout the time when Natasha Akpoti accused me. So she obviously lied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter newspapers published my evidence, Natasha deleted all traces of her accusation. She deleted everything. She had made a video insulting me, my wife, and my newborn daughter. She also deleted that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next day, I received a phone call from a prominent Christian clergyman. As a fellow pastor, they believed I would listen to a senior member of the body of Christ. He called me on a three-way call with Emmanuel Oritshejolomi Uduaghan, Natasha Akpoti\u2019s present husband.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey appealed to me, quoting scriptural references about Christians taking each other to court, and I listened to them. We settled the matter out of court. I was paid a large amount of money as damages, and I let the matter go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, fast forward four years later, Natasha Akpoti had a dispute with the Senate President. After that dispute, she went on Arise TV and accused him of sexual harassment. It sounds like de\u0301ja\u0300 vu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing is, I do not know if those allegations are true. But one thing I do know is that Natasha Akpoti is a liar\u2014a known liar. The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omokri said that before Nigerians crucify Akpabio, Akpoti-Uduaghan should be compelled to take a lie detector test.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome out. Take the test. You know, be escorted by one senator who supports you and another senator who is neutral,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that because he had evidence, the Kogi senator retracted her false allegations and deleted every trace of them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil she takes a lie detector test, the presumption is that she is acting on her past behaviour,\u201d he concluded.<\/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 presidential media aide Reno Omokri has challenged Natasha Akpoti to undergo a lie detector test following her allegations of sexual harassment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Omokri, in a detailed video posted on social media, revealed that Akpoti-Uduaghan had made similar allegations against him in 2021. 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