Laolu Akande, a former presidential spokesman, has accused the leadership of the Nigerian Senate of ganging up against the senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
DAILY NIGERIAN reports that Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan had accused the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, of sexually harassing her.
But Mr Akpabio denied the claim, insisting that he has never harassed any woman.
But speaking on the issue during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Mr Akande urged the Senate to desist from its attempt to silence her.
He said: “They need to stop all these images, meetings, and ganging up against this woman. That has to stop. The leadership of the Senate needs to show us that there is going to be a dispassionate consideration of her allegations.
“Once that is sorted, if you think that there is a need to punish her for violating the rules, it is the better way to handle it. This idea of all of the men coming out and brandishing the rules is not looking pretty at all.
“This woman has said to the whole world that she has been sexually harassed. We have to be careful, the Nigerian Senate has to be careful not to create an impression that we are trying to silence her.
“What we have been seen so far is a lot of men holding meetings, speaking out, coming to the media to run this woman down. It is a poor reflection on the Nigerian Senate.”
