Former Kaduna Central Senatorial District lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has waded into the ongoing crisis in the Nigerian Senate.
Recall that the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was on Thursday suspended for six months over an allegation of sexual harassment against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
Reacting to the development, the former lawmaker revealed that whistleblowers within the Senate don’t usually get the support of their colleagues.
Sani wrote on Facebook, “When I publicly disclosed the salaries and allowances of the Senators,it nearly earned me a SIX month suspension if not for Divine Intervention.Just know that if you are there and you blow whistle too loudly,you will be ‘On your Own’,no senator go bring him head and neck to support you.”
The decision to suspend the Kogi lawmaker was reached on Thursday following a report by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions where she was accused of violating Senate rules.
“That the Senate do suspend Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months for her total violation of the Senate Standing Rules (2023 as amended for bringing the presiding officer and the entire Nigerian Senate to public opprobrium,” Akpabio said while reading out the report.
