The senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has claimed that the signatures of at least three lawmakers were forged or improperly included on the report that recommended the six-month suspension of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator representing Kogi central.
Oshiomhole spoke while responding to comments by Opeyemi Bamidele, the Senate leader, who described Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension as one of the lowest points of the 10th Senate.
Speaking in an interview on AIT, the former governor of Edo state said some senators whose names appeared on the report had privately told him they did not sign the document or endorse its recommendations.
He cited Ireti Kingibe, senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), who, according to him, expressed surprise at seeing her name listed.
“The committee does a hearing; members are expected to sign the report to endorse it. If you don’t agree, you can abstain. But some said they didn’t sign, yet their names were published,” Oshiomhole said.
“People like Senator Ireti Kingibe. She told me, ‘But I didn’t sign that report. But my name was published’”.
He suggested that attendance registers may have been misused in place of actual signatures on the report, describing the development as inappropriate.
“So, where many don’t accept the content, they could abstain from signing it because to sign is to endorse. One, two or three senators said, ‘We didn’t sign, but our names were there,” he said.
“But how? Some say maybe they attached an attendance register, which is not the appropriate thing. But that’s not my problem. If Opeyemi said so, I think you should take it seriously.”
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