{"id":156921,"date":"2025-03-27T09:35:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/akpabio-good-man-nigeria-fortunate-to-have-him-as-senate-president-ben-murray-bruce-rubbishes-atiku-natasha"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:48:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T12:48:48","slug":"akpabio-good-man-nigeria-fortunate-to-have-him-as-senate-president-ben-murray-bruce-rubbishes-atiku-natasha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akpabio-good-man-nigeria-fortunate-to-have-him-as-senate-president-ben-murray-bruce-rubbishes-atiku-natasha","title":{"rendered":"Akpabio good man, Nigeria fortunate to have him as Senate President \u2013 Ben Murray-Bruce rubbishes Atiku, Natasha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Bayelsa East Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, has insisted that Senate President Godswill Akpabio is a man of impeccable character.<\/p>\n<p>Murray-Bruce\u2019s remark comes amid allegations of sexual harassment and corruption against Akpabio by Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and former Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.<\/p>\n<p>Natasha had alleged that Akpabio frustrated and victimized her for turning down his sexual advances. The allegations led to her suspension.<\/p>\n<p>Amid Natasha\u2019s claims, Atiku also described Akpabio as a corrupt leader with a snack for abusing women.<\/p>\n<p>Countering such claims, Murray Bruce said the South south and Nigeria are fortunate to have Akpabio as Senate President.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on X, Murray Bruce Ben said Akpabio has been investigated severally by various agencies and has been found clean.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI know Senator Godswill Akpabio personally and intimately. He is a man of unimpeachable good character, and both the South-South and Nigeria are fortunate to have him at the helm of affairs at the National Assembly at this delicate stage in our national growth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the issue of corruption, here we have a man who has been investigated in and out by independent investigative agencies and friends and foes alike, yet he has come out clean as a whistle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria needs stability and men of ability, and it behoves us as a nation to tread with caution at this critical time of our national life. Institutions such as the Legislature should not be trifled with because of partisan considerations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not stand idly by while some persons try, both home and abroad, to destroy an institution I was once proudly a part of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a Nigerian, who is proud of Nigeria, and will give my all to protect and project my country to the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI give him my right hand of fellowship and stand firmly with him.\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 Bayelsa East Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, has insisted that Senate President Godswill Akpabio is a man of impeccable character. Murray-Bruce\u2019s remark comes amid allegations of sexual harassment and corruption against Akpabio by Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and former Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Natasha had alleged that Akpabio frustrated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":156920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[621,316,9723,11955,254],"class_list":["post-156921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-akpabio","tag-atiku","tag-ben-murray-bruce","tag-natasha","tag-nigeria"],"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>Akpabio good man, Nigeria fortunate to have him as Senate President \u2013 Ben Murray-Bruce rubbishes Atiku, Natasha - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Bayelsa East Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce, has insisted that Senate President Godswill Akpabio is a man of impeccabl ...\" 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