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How Natasha Akpoti Made False Sexual Harassment Claims Against Me – Omokri
Former presidential aide Reno Omokri has challenged Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to undergo a lie detector test following her recent allegations of sexual harassment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
In a video posted on social media, Omokri accused Akpoti-Uduaghan of making similar accusations against him in 2021, which he claimed were false.
He recounted that she had alleged he sexually harassed her at a state banquet hosted by former President Goodluck Jonathan for Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on May 6, 2014.
However, Omokri stated that he was not in Nigeria at the time, as he had been sent to the United States by President Jonathan as a special envoy following the Chibok girls’ abduction.
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To refute Akpoti-Uduaghan’s claims, he said he published passport stamps and a British Airways first-class ticket as proof of his absence.
“So, obviously, Natasha Akpoti lied,” Omokri stated. “After the newspapers published my evidence, Natasha deleted all traces of her accusation. She had made a video insulting me, my wife, and my newborn daughter. She also deleted that.”
He further revealed that the matter was later settled out of court after a prominent Christian clergyman intervened alongside Emmanuel Oritshejolomi Uduaghan, who is now Akpoti-Uduaghan’s husband.
According to Omokri, he received a “large amount of money” in damages.
Drawing a connection between that incident and Akpoti-Uduaghan’s recent allegations against Akpabio, Omokri expressed doubts about her credibility.
“The thing is, I do not know if those allegations are true. But one thing I know is that Natasha Akpoti is a liar, a known liar,” he said. “The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour.”
Omokri insisted that before Nigerians judge Akpabio, Akpoti-Uduaghan should take a lie detector test.
“Come out. Take the test. You know, be escorted by one senator that is in your support and another senator that is just objective,” he challenged.
He concluded that since she retracted her previous allegations against him, the same scrutiny should be applied to her claims against Akpabio.
“Until she takes a lie detector test, the presumption is that she is acting on her past behaviour,” Omokri said.
Akpoti-Uduaghan has yet to respond to Omokri’s challenge.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed retired Vice Admiral Ibokette Ibas as the military administrator of Rivers State following the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the state House of Assembly.
The announcement came during a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday amid heightened political tension in the oil-rich South-South state.
Tinubu said the suspension would last for an initial period of six months.
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“By this declaration, the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs. Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State are hereby suspended for an initial period of six months,” the President stated.
Ibas, a former Chief of Naval Staff who served from July 2015 to January 2021, will take charge of the state’s affairs.
Tinubu clarified that the judiciary remains unaffected and will continue to function as mandated by the constitution.
“The Administrator will not make any new laws. He will, however, be free to formulate regulations as may be found necessary to do his job, but such regulations will need to be considered and approved by the Federal Executive Council and promulgated by the President for the state,” Tinubu added.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs. Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the state House of Assembly for an initial period of six months.
Tinubu made the announcement in a nationwide broadcast on Tuesday, citing undisclosed reasons for the decision.
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“By this declaration, the Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs. Ngozi Odu, and all elected members of the House of Assembly of Rivers State are hereby suspended for an initial period of six months,” the President stated.
The suspension comes amid ongoing political tensions in Rivers State.
More updates to follow…
In what political watchers perceive as part of efforts to discomfit and scatter the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the feeling that its National Working Committee (NWC) antagonises him, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has revoked the rights to occupy the land on which the party’s national secretariat, Abuja is sited.
Biztelers reports that Wike’s revocation notice was conveyed in a letter released in Abuja on Tuesday, dated March 13, 2025.
The letter was titled, “Notice of right of occupancy with file no: MISC 81346 in respect of plot no: 243 within central area district, Abuja.”
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The letter was signed by the Director, Land Administration (FTC), Chijioke Nwankwoeze.
Wike, it was gathered predicated his action on the PDP’s failure to pay the annual ground rents due on the property for twenty (20) years, from January 1, 2006, to January 1, 2025.
The negligence on the part of the opposition party, the letter claimed was despite many publications in several national dailies and electronic media to pay up every outstanding bill and ground rent on its property.
The letter read, “I have been directed to refer to the above Right of Occupancy granted to PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), NATIONAL SECRETARIAT and inform you that the Minister of Federal Capital Territory has in the exercise of powers conferred on him under the Land Use Act No. 6 of 1978, Cap. L5, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, revoked your rights, interests and privileges over Plot No. 243 within Central Area, Cadastral Zone A00, Abuja.
“The revocation is in view of your continued contravention of the terms and conditions of grant of the Right of Occupancy by failing to pay the annual ground rents due on the property for twenty (20) years, from Ist of January 2006 to 1st of January 2025. This is despite the many publications made by the FCT Administration since 2023 in several national dailies and on electronic media requesting all allottees of plots in the Federal Capital Territory to pay up every outstanding bill and ground rent on their property.
“You would please note that the said breaches by PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), NATIONAL SECRETARIAT (MISC 81346) run contrary to the provisions of Section 28, Subsection 5 (a) and (b) of the Land Use Act.”
There are palpable fears that the PDP’s national secretariat might be demolished or vandalised, sooner than later because Wike added that the FCTA administration would take immediate possession of the party secretariat until all bills are settled.
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