Police Launch Probe into Senator Natasha’s Assassination Allegation Against Akpabio

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Police Launch Probe into Senator Natasha’s Assassination Allegation Against Akpabio

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has set up a special investigative team to look into the assassination allegation made by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

This move comes in response to a petition filed by Akpabio on April 3, in which he called for a thorough investigation and prosecution of the senator. The petition, which was also copied to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, described the claims as “defamatory” and a potential threat to public peace and his personal safety.

Confirming the development, Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said: “Yes, we have received the petition from the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. The IGP has directed a team to investigate it.”

Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan made the allegations during a homecoming event on April 1, where she accused both Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello of plotting to kill her over a failed attempt to recall her from the Senate.

According to her, the plot was hatched after Akpabio allegedly failed to convince Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo to initiate the recall process.

“On the 13th of March at 10:00 pm, mind you, two days before that, Akpabio had called Governor Ododo on the phone to commence my recall, but Ododo told him it would be impossible. Ododo told Akpabio that the recall will be impossible because the masses are with me. But Akpabio was not satisfied, so he called Yahaya Bello. I was informed of everything.

“The meeting was two fold. They told him to commence my recall and that he was going to fund it. The second thing he said was that he should try and kill me. I didn’t make this public, but I have written to the IG of the Police.

“Akpabio told Yahaya Bello that he should make sure that killing me does not happen in Abuja, that it should happen here so that it will look as if it was the people that killed me here,” the senator alleged.

Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan emphasized that she had already reported the matter to the Inspector-General of Police prior to making her claims public.