Our reporter/ The Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has denied allegations made against her by United Kingdom-based Nigerian businesswoman, Sandra Duru, who is also known as Prof Mgbeke.
In a Facebook livestream on Thursday evening, Duru alleged that Senator Natasha falsely accused the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of sexual harassment.
She further claimed that Senator Natasha attempted to recruit her into a media campaign against Akpabio by offering millions of naira and large sums in US dollars.
Duru, who made several other accusations, alleged that the ultimate aim of Senator Natasha’s campaign was to oust Akpabio and thereby politically weaken President Bola Ahmed Tinubu by removing a key ally in the National Assembly.
To support her claims, Duru played several audio recordings during the broadcast, which she claimed were phone conversations between her and Senator Natasha.
But responding to the allegations in a statement on Friday, Senator Natasha dismissed them as false, asserting that Duru was acting on behalf of Senate President Akpabio.
“I have carefully watched a livestream done by one Sandra C. Duru on Facebook, on May 1, 2025. The content of the livestream, including the voice attributed to me, is entirely untrue and has been manipulated to serve Sandra Duru’s ulterior motive of executing Senator Godswill Akpabio’s script,” Natasha said.
“To the best of my knowledge, those words are false and did not arise from any legitimate interaction involving me. I also recently discovered that the individual now identifying as Sandra Duru previously operated under the name Prof. Mgbeke on Facebook.”
Senator Natasha stated that she would respond more fully to the “unfounded allegations” in due course.
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