Supporters of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central), the Chairman, Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs, as well as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Content and Vice Chairman of the Committee on Steel, stormed the gate of the National Assembly Wednesday, March 5, 2025 to lend weight to their protest against Senate President, Goodwill Akpabio over the sexual harassment allegations levelled against him by the Kogi Central Senator.
The protesters who started arriving at past 8 am for demonstration ahead of the resumption of Wednesday’s plenary, were made up of members of civil society groups of Nigeria, singing and dancing at the entrance of the National Assembly gate, and demanding that Senator Godswill Akpabio step down so that a proper investigation into Akpoti-Uduaghan’s allegations could be conducted. They carried placards with inscriptions, “Akpabio must go,” “We stand with Senator Natasha,” “Akpabio is anti-North.”
The protesters were then dispersed, on their way to the Mopol gate of the National Assembly and were chased away from the Arcade, opposite the Eagle Square, with tear gas canisters from security men who were not in uniforms to ascertain whether they were policemen or soldiers.
They later reportedly reconvened and moved to the parking place of the three arms buses to re-strategise for the protest.
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