Natasha is an unstable woman, Senator Akpabio

It’s also important for the public to know that whatever decision we arrive at here is unanimous. And I recall the last decision we took, which concerned one of our sisters here, the Senior Senator Natasha Obochu-Dwagan. I’m also aware that when she left the chambers, she went to brekete radio, and she went to arise television, and she distorted the facts.

I’m aware further that she has now externalized the matter by attempting to embarrass the Federal Republic of Nigeria by going to give a narrative at the IPU-UN event, totally different from what occurred in the Senate. But I want to thank our Right Honorable Member, Catherine, right? That’s her name. Catherine Okwara, who had to give a press conference in New York to caution the international press not to vilify Nigeria, but to note that the facts presented by her were totally out of tune with what occurred in the Nigerian Parliament and that we have our own internal mechanisms of resolving issues in Nigeria.

And outside this Parliament, we also have the judiciary, which is even standing before the judiciary. So I don’t know why she would… She, even here, has brought a petition, and she has not allowed us to even look into it. She went to court, and she has not allowed the court to look into it.

She has gone to the international community, and she may not even allow the international community to look into it. She may decide to run to… I don’t know where. I don’t want to be misquoted.

But the reality is that we remain resolute. We are law-abiding. We operate through the rules of the Senate, which is an extension of the powers and privileges given to us by the Grand Norm, the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

We still are open to making sure that we remain in peace, and we left room for her to recognize that what she’s doing may even frighten a lot of men in the future, from even appointing or selecting female deputy governors. You can imagine if somebody like Kamala, the immediate past vice president of the United States, were to go on CNN to say that Biden, the president, sexually assaulted her by shaking her hand, or by holding her hand to show her the office of the president. Then automatically it means that nobody will pick another woman as vice president.

But I have four daughters, so I want to plead with politicians. See, give my four children a chance. Do not take the action of one person and punish others.

My religion and the Bible are forbidding, that the sins of the father will no longer be visited on the children. So please, we still have so confidence in our female folk. In this tenth assembly of the Senate, we have only four women, and the four of them are all committee chairmen, intentionally, in order to give a voice to women in the parliament.

So I thank you for this vote of confidence. I will not take it for granted, and I also have confidence in you, and your ability to continue to contribute your quota towards nation-building. Let’s remain focused on why we are here.

These things are distractions and diversionary. May God Almighty bless all of you. May God, using this Ramadan and Lent period, endow you with more wisdom, protect you, protect your families, and then bring more prosperity to our nation.