Suspended senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has “apologised” to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, but in a letter full of sarcasm.
On Sunday, Akpoti-Uduaghan released the letter in Abuja, addressing the earlier sexual harassment allegation she made against Akpabio. She was suspended from the Senate on March 6 after a heated argument with the Senate leadership over a new seating arrangement. Natasha had claimed the change was meant to humiliate her.
The dispute grew worse when she accused Akpabio on national television of punishing her for refusing his sexual advances. At an international meeting in New York, she also called on world leaders to hold the Nigerian Senate accountable for what she described as unfair treatment. She said her security was withdrawn, her salary cut, and she was suspended for six months.
A court later barred both Natasha and Akpabio from speaking publicly about the case until the legal process is complete.
Despite this, two days after Akpabio led a government delegation to the Vatican, Akpoti-Uduaghan sent a sarcastic “apology letter” to the Senate President.
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In the letter, she wrote, “It is with the deepest sarcasm and utmost theatrical regret that I tender this apology for the grievous crime of possessing dignity and self-respect in your most exalted presence.”
She continued, “I have reflected extensively on my unforgivable failure to recognise that legislative success in certain quarters is apparently not earned through merit, but through the ancient art of compliance — of the very personal kind.”
She criticised Akpabio further, saying, “Please find it in your magnanimous heart — somewhere buried deep beneath layers of entitlement — to forgive this stubborn woman who mistakenly believed that her seat in the Senate was earned through elections, not erections.”
Natasha signed the letter as “Unafraid, Unbought, and Unbroken.”