Wednesday, June 17, 2026 - The spokesperson of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, has dismissed the allegation made by Senator Adams Oshiomole that the signatures of some of the Senators who approved the report that recommended the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, last year, were forged.
Oshiomole made the claim in a fresh interview with AIT. The former Edo governor claimed that Ireti
Kingibe, the Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),
told him that she only signed the attendance register of the committee meeting
and not the suspension report.
Responding to the allegation, Adaramodu, in a chat with The
Cable, said
“That is not
true. Signatures forged, over what? If Senator Kingibe had anything against any
procedure, she would report it on the floor of the Senate, not to an
individual.
But it is not even true, because I was part of the ethics and
public petitions committee that listened to the matter.
Nobody will say that he or she was coerced or that somebody’s
signature was forged. That has never happened in the Senate, and it cannot
happen. It has never happened.
Senators are independent-minded people. We are mature men and
women. And if you have any infraction against anybody, that person can, without
any advocate from anywhere, that person will show it. So there’s nothing like
that. I’m just hearing it for the first time. That’s very strange.”
Asked whether the Senate would sanction Oshiomhole over the
allegations, Adaramodu said the chamber would first examine the remarks.
“We are
going to review any statements made by him. The Senate will take a cursory look
at either extraneous, spontaneous or intentional comments from any senator
appropriately.
We are going
to look into it. We will take a stand, and everyone will know where we stand.
But we can say no senator has reported that his or her signature was forged
during the Natasha matter.
It was debated on the floor of the Senate openly at the
plenary in the full glare of every Nigerian and even the international
audience, and so nothing to hide.
All Nigerians knew where we stood then on the issue of
Natasha… that she ran foul of the Senate’s orders. And we are orderly because
we are bound by orders of the Senate.”
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