{"id":157120,"date":"2025-03-28T22:36:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T21:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/natasha-akpabio-saga-edo-senator-imasuen-raises-alarm-over-alleged-plan-for-his-recall"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:28:11","slug":"natasha-akpabio-saga-edo-senator-imasuen-raises-alarm-over-alleged-plan-for-his-recall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-akpabio-saga-edo-senator-imasuen-raises-alarm-over-alleged-plan-for-his-recall","title":{"rendered":"Natasha-Akpabio saga: Edo Senator Imasuen raises alarm over alleged plan for  his recall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Ned Imasuen, the senator representing Edo South Senatorial District and chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions, has raised the alarm over an alleged plan to recall him from the National Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Imasuen said the plan is being orchestrated by individuals outside his constituency, who are allegedly sponsoring some persons to travel to Kogi State to perfect his recall.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed this at a press briefing on Friday in Benin City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInformation reaching me is that some persons have been taken to Kogi State to work on my recall from the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no political link between the people of Edo State and those of Kogi. Therefore, such a move cannot succeed, and those plotting it should desist forthwith.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is this plot that has necessitated this press conference. I was advised from the beginning not to say anything, and I have strictly adhered to that advice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut considering what is happening in Benin, there are certain things I find very reprehensible and difficult to understand. From what I have gathered, some people have been paid\u2014some have even been taken to Kogi to be briefed on what to do, and they were given money for that purpose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo they are here to work for their money, but, surprisingly, I do not see how someone from Kogi can come to Edo and start telling our people to throw stones at their own roofs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is something strange to me. I suppose it is the hunger in the land that makes some people willing to sell their mothers, their parents, or whatever is before them for a mere meal. I understand their plight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Imasuen, who stated that he had no apology for his committee\u2019s report that led to the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate, maintained that he was never biased against the embattled Kogi Central senator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, my role was to address what transpired on the Senate floor, not sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Senate has standing orders that must be followed to the letter, and she did not adhere to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions is one of the committees that must be established as soon as the Senate is constituted. It is one of the seven standing committees and an important one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not biased, and I am still not biased. On the issue of sexual harassment, the first petition submitted by the petitioner was signed by her, which is against our standard rules.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA petition cannot be signed by you if you are a senator and also the petitioner. If you are involved in the matter, you cannot sign the petition yourself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was given this position, little did I know that the ongoing saga would unfold. But, of course, when you hold a position, everything passes through your desk. You do not run away from it\u2014you attend to matters as they come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in all fairness, I have been very impartial in my work. I must also put on record that the issue before my committee was about conduct on the Senate floor; it had absolutely nothing to do with sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue of sexual harassment only arose after the first petition was submitted to my committee. We have standing rules, and those rules must be followed, which we did to the letter. It is not a one-man committee\u2014it comprises about 28 to 29 members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am merely the chairman. I have nothing personal against anyone. Since its inception, the committee has handled a variety of matters\u2014whether oil spillage in the Niger Delta, a student being rusticated from university, someone feeling they have been denied a promotion, or a military officer believing they were unjustly dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll kinds of complaints and petitions come before my committee,\u201d he stated.<\/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. Ned Imasuen, the senator representing Edo South Senatorial District and chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions, has raised the alarm over an alleged plan to recall him from the National Assembly. Imasuen said the plan is being orchestrated by individuals outside his constituency, who are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":157119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,14],"tags":[11281,16634,254],"class_list":["post-157120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-imasuen","tag-natasha-akpabio-saga","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>Natasha-Akpabio saga: Edo Senator Imasuen raises alarm over alleged plan for his recall - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ned Imasuen, the senator representing Edo South Senatorial District and chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code ...\" \/>\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-akpabio-saga-edo-senator-imasuen-raises-alarm-over-alleged-plan-for-his-recall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Natasha-Akpabio saga: Edo Senator Imasuen raises alarm over alleged plan for his recall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ned Imasuen, the senator representing Edo South Senatorial District and chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-akpabio-saga-edo-senator-imasuen-raises-alarm-over-alleged-plan-for-his-recall\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-28T21:36:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T13:28:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743189044.345048.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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=\"4 minutes\" \/>\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-akpabio-saga-edo-senator-imasuen-raises-alarm-over-alleged-plan-for-his-recall#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-akpabio-saga-edo-senator-imasuen-raises-alarm-over-alleged-plan-for-his-recall\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Natasha-Akpabio saga: Edo Senator Imasuen raises alarm over alleged plan for his recall\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-28T21:36:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T13:28:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-akpabio-saga-edo-senator-imasuen-raises-alarm-over-alleged-plan-for-his-recall\"},\"wordCount\":676,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-akpabio-saga-edo-senator-imasuen-raises-alarm-over-alleged-plan-for-his-recall#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743189044.345048.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Imasuen\",\"Natasha-Akpabio saga\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-akpabio-saga-edo-senator-imasuen-raises-alarm-over-alleged-plan-for-his-recall#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-akpabio-saga-edo-senator-imasuen-raises-alarm-over-alleged-plan-for-his-recall\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-akpabio-saga-edo-senator-imasuen-raises-alarm-over-alleged-plan-for-his-recall\",\"name\":\"Natasha-Akpabio saga: Edo Senator Imasuen raises alarm over alleged plan for his recall - 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