{"id":158586,"date":"2025-04-04T15:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/akpabio-dismisses-natashas-assassination-allegation"},"modified":"2025-04-04T16:51:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T15:51:49","slug":"akpabio-dismisses-natashas-assassination-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akpabio-dismisses-natashas-assassination-allegation","title":{"rendered":"Akpabio dismisses Natasha\u2019s assassination allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Senate President Godswill Akpabio has described as baseless and inflammatory, claims by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan that he plotted to assassinate her.<\/p>\n<p>Akpabio spoke in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh, made available to journalists on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspended Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan made a reckless and malicious claim that Senator Godswill Akpabio \u201crecruited\u201d former Governor Yahaya Bello to \u201cassassinate her in Kogi State rather than in Abuja\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis outrageous accusation is not only false but a complete fabrication and deeply irresponsible and dangerous attempt to provoke public unrest, attract media attention, and discredit the person and Office of the President of the Senate for ulterior motives,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Akpabio noted that Natasha was yet to substantiate her claims of sexual harassment \u201cwhich she seems to have abandoned and is now rooting for another spurious allegation that has no place in the political history of Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a matter of public record that she has previously made assassination allegations against former Governor Yahaya Bello and others in 2019 and 2023, along with multiple unsubstantiated claims of sexual harassment against other dignitaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer recurring persecution narrative and evident lying complex should not be weaponized to malign individuals or destroy hard-earned reputations,\u201d the statement observed.<\/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. Senate President Godswill Akpabio has described as baseless and inflammatory, claims by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan that he plotted to assassinate her. Akpabio spoke in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh, made available to journalists on Friday. \u201cThe suspended Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan made a reckless and malicious claim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":158585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,29,28,14,2660],"tags":[621,11955,254],"class_list":["post-158586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-akpabio","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 dismisses Natasha\u2019s assassination allegation - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senate President Godswill Akpabio has described as baseless and inflammatory, claims by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan ...\" \/>\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\/akpabio-dismisses-natashas-assassination-allegation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Akpabio dismisses Natasha\u2019s assassination allegation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senate President Godswill Akpabio has described as baseless and inflammatory, claims by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akpabio-dismisses-natashas-assassination-allegation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T14:48:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T15:51:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1743769296.034005.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"559\" \/>\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=\"2 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\/akpabio-dismisses-natashas-assassination-allegation#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akpabio-dismisses-natashas-assassination-allegation\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Akpabio dismisses Natasha\u2019s assassination allegation\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-04T14:48:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T15:51:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akpabio-dismisses-natashas-assassination-allegation\"},\"wordCount\":224,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akpabio-dismisses-natashas-assassination-allegation#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1743769296.034005.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Akpabio\",\"Natasha\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"Policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akpabio-dismisses-natashas-assassination-allegation#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akpabio-dismisses-natashas-assassination-allegation\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akpabio-dismisses-natashas-assassination-allegation\",\"name\":\"Akpabio dismisses Natasha\u2019s assassination allegation - 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