IGP constitutes team to investigate Natasha’s claim against Akpabio

Police IGP Kayode Egbetokun has constituted a team to investigate the alleged assassination claims by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.

Egbetokun, who confirmed that a team is investigating the matter through Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said he will unravel the truth.

Adejobi said: “Yes, we have received the petition from the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. The IGP has directed a team to investigate it”.

Recall following Senator Natasha’s comment, Senate President Godswill Akpabio had petitioned Egbetokun, demanding investigation and prosecution of the senator over the claims.

In the April 3 petition, and copied to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, Akpabio described the allegations as “defamatory” and called for legal action to preserve peace and his safety.

But the suspended senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, had reacted strongly to the formal petition filed by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, acusing her of criminal defamation and incitement.

Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan was quoted during a Sallah visit to her constituency earlier this month as saying   that: “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 twofold. 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.