{"id":3340,"date":"2025-04-11T09:08:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T09:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:08:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T09:08:29","slug":"akpabio-petitions-igp-wants-sen-natasha-akpoti-uduaghan-be-investigated-prosecuted-over-alleged-assassination-accusation-plot-against-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/04\/11\/akpabio-petitions-igp-wants-sen-natasha-akpoti-uduaghan-be-investigated-prosecuted-over-alleged-assassination-accusation-plot-against-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Akpabio petitions IGP,\u00a0   &#8230;.wants Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan be investigated, prosecuted\u00a0 over alleged assassination accusation plot against him\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Senate President Godswill Akpabio has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, requesting an immediate investigation and prosecution of suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over an alleged assassination plot accusation against him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1211\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1211\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1211\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_20250114-172934_1-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_20250114-172934_1-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_20250114-172934_1.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IGP Kayode E<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Senate President had in the petition dated April 3, 2025, and also copied to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, Akpabio described the allegation as a \u201cheinous lie\u201d and a calculated attempt to malign his reputation, incite unrest, and endanger his life.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement by his office,&#8221;The controversy stems from comments made by Akpoti-Uduaghan during a homecoming event in Kogi State on April 1. She accused Akpabio of instructing former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello and the incumbent, Governor Usman Ododo, to assassinate her in Kogi State \u2014 allegedly to create the impression that the attack came from her constituents.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Akpabio, in his petition, rejected the claims as politically motivated, baseless, and defamatory.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He stated that the remarks, widely circulated across traditional and social media platforms, were made without any supporting evidence and were intended to incite political instability and manipulate public opinion.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI categorically state that this allegation is entirely false, unfounded, and politically motivated. It is a calculated act of blackmail and character assassination,\u201d the Senate President wrote.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He emphasized that the gravity of the allegation, coupled with its reach and public traction, demands prompt action by law enforcement agencies. He called for Akpoti-Uduaghan\u2019s prosecution under laws addressing criminal defamation, incitement, false accusation, and conduct likely to cause a breach of peace.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Akpabio urged the police to treat the matter with the urgency and seriousness it deserves, insisting that public figures must be held accountable for statements capable of threatening peace and democratic stability.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate President Godswill Akpabio has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, requesting an immediate investigation and prosecution of suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over an alleged assassination plot accusation against him. The Senate President had in the petition dated April 3, 2025, and also copied to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1310,346,791,1495,2181,859],"class_list":["post-3340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-crime","tag-accusation","tag-allegation","tag-assassination","tag-defamation","tag-incitement","tag-petition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3341,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions\/3341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}