Natasha’s lawyer accuses Kogi Govt of sponsoring senator’s recall

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One of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s lawyer, Victor Giwa, has charged that the Kogi State Government is behind the recall of the suspended female legislator from her position as senator for the Kogi Central Senatorial District.

Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily program on Tuesday, Giwa said that the state administration has been pushing for Akpoti-Uduaghan’s recall through Charity Omole, one of Governor Usman Ododo’s aides.

The female federal legislator and Senate President Godswill Akpabio were at odds over seat arrangements. Akpabio was also charged by the lawmaker with sexual harassment and official misconduct. She was later given a six-month suspension by the Senate for her misbehavior.

On Monday, March 24, 2025, Ododo’s aide, Omole, persuaded some constituents from Kogi Central to submit a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for the recall of Akpoti-Uduaghan.

According to Giwa, the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC) administration used the recall process as a political tool to target the suspended senator, who belongs to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

“The truth of the matter is that there is no way the recall process can go through except it is done fraudulently,” Giwa said, adding that the process takes about 15 stages and “it is a tortuous and practically impossible process”.

Giwa criticized the recall of the female senator, claiming that it was due to her accusation of sexual harassment against Akpabio rather than an issue or performance-based reason.

The attorney claimed that the state government was employing Omole to support the recall effort against Akpoti-Uduaghan.

He said, “In this case, the lady that led that protest is the senior special assistant to the governor of Kogi State on women and youths. You will see that is government-sponsored recall.

“Charity Ijese Omole is currently the senior special assistant to the governor of Kogi State on women and youths. It is more or less the government sponsoring this process, not the constituents, and that fundamentally has faulted the process.

“The process of recall must be such that is initiated from the constituents but in this case, we can see the handwriting on the wall; it is the governor that is trying to do whatever they claim they are doing.”

As of this writing, the state government has not responded to the accusation.

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