Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has accused the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, of planning to assassinate her.
Speaking during her homecoming rally on Tuesday, April 1, Akpoti-Uduaghan told her supporters that although the alleged plot was not publicly revealed, she had officially reported the matter to the Inspector General of Police.
Detailing the events, she alleged that Akpabio had initially contacted Kogi Governor Usman Ododo, urging him to begin her recall process. When Ododo reportedly declined, citing her strong grassroots support, Akpabio allegedly reached out to Bello, promising to fund the recall effort.
‘’On the 14th day of March at about 10.30pm, I got calls that Gov Yahaya Bello was with Akpabio. Mind you, two days before that, Akpabio had called Governor Ododo on the phone that he should commence my recall but Governor Ododo told him it will be impossible because the masses are with her. The people are with her.
Akpabio was not satisfied. He then sent for Yahaya Bello and it was actually Senator Asuquo from Cross Rivers that drove Yahaya Bello from Hilton hotel. I was informed of everything. The meeting was in two folds. They told him to commence my recall and that he was going to fund it. Of course, monies changed hands that night.
The second thing he told him was that he should try and kill me. I didn’t make this public but I went to the IG of police. Akpabio told Yahaya Bello that he should make sure that k!lling me does not happen in Abuja, it should be done here so it would seem as if it is the people that k!lled me”
