₦airaland Forum

donself9:
You dont even understand your, Akpabio should opt for diplomacy how ?? give Natasha a blank cheque or step down for Natasha to take his position

The way some you think is very very funny sha, when someone wrongly accuse you do you negotiate with such a person ... do you know the extent of damage sexual harassment does true or not true

Natasha was sanctioned by the senate c'mitte, she disobeyed the house rule not Akpabio .. any other diplomacy from Akpabio is an acceptance of guilty.

We are waiting for UN to come n flog our senators, Natasha must be very stupid

yongg:
Of course, IPU has no power to take decisions for the Nigerian Senate, our sovereignty is not in question. There is a real effect of this action, which will be pronounced in future and even more so when her accusations are proved true within the Nigerian judiciary or frustrated from doing so.

I will need to refer to that bye-law when chanced in my spare time for better resolution of details. Having said that, this bye law which subjects the duration of suspension of a law maker according to what the Senate deems fit may not have been equitably applied, bad optics.

In fact, to put this another way, the process reeks of "even when ones accusatory claims are correct and valid, the rules can be weaponize against that member even when the erring is as a result of the claim in the first place".

I would argue they should have been both suspended, before this degeneration or at considered that component during the application of her suspension. The optics is just bad, more for the Senate and its presiding officer, even with out the knowledge of the truth to her claims.

emkz:
I suggest she writes to the EU, US and Saudi Arabia because this is a serious issue.

It is clear that this woman does not weigh her actions carefully before taking them.

1. There was a case of Akpabio holding her hand and showing her round his house and scratching her palm with his fingers. He then proposed to her in the presence of her husband that they could be coming there for "quality time". She said she didn't tell her husband the details nor report the incidence to the ethics committee. Mistake number 1.

2. She said when she visited Akpabio in his office to complain about her motion being stood down, Akpabio said as the chief presiding officer of the senate, he'd take care of her if she took care of him. She didn't report the incidence to the ethics committee. Mistake number 2.

3. On a routine day, she was re-allocated to a seat and she started quarreling when she refused to take her seat after she was told she could not speak from where she was. She said she was being silenced and was speaking for the Nigerian women. She could have simply moved to her new seat and made her contributions from there. Mistake number 3.

4. She answered a call from Brekete where she said the new seat they sent her to would hide her from the camera and she won't catch the eye of the senate president. That was a silly thing to say. Mistake number 4.

5. She went on Arise News and made claims of sexual harassment. That was her biggest mistake. She could have first made a report to the ethics committee and leaked it to the press. By doing a media appearance, she allowed those she was fighting prepare an ambush.

6. She then formally filed a petition against Akpabio on sexual harassment. It turned out to be improperly filed according to the senate red book, Order 40, sub 4. That exposed her as being unaware of parliamentary processes. Her colleagues ripped her petition to pieces. Mistake number 6.

7. Mistake number 7 was taking Akpabio to court over an infamous facebook post by Akpabio's aide where the aide said she wore transparent clothing and walked seductively in the senate. I am no fan of Akpabio, but he is not liable for what his aide wrote. His lawyers would argue correctly that he be excluded from the case.

8. Mistake number 8 was obtaining a court order to stop her probe. That could have given her ample opportunity to give cause to her conduct which could have allowed her cite the sexual assault issues and give evidence. By citing the cases, she could have put the ethics committee in trouble because their hands would have been tied.

9. Because she allowed her colleagues see the battle she was waging before sge waged them, they could prepare their counter-attacks.

10. I think going to the inter parliamentary union undermines her case. The IPU has no supervisory powers over Nigeria's senate and can do nothing to discipline Akpabio. What she'd accomplish is rubbishing and embarrassing Akpabio and her colleagues. Many of these people are already persona non gratae which makes her action self-defeating.

What she can do now is to take time out, listen to those who genuinely care about her and find a different tactic to fight this battle. She should forget about getting justice from this senate. My recommendation would be to file a formal petition in court or code of conduct tribunal against Akpabio and fight it till the end. Akpabio can be docked.

Lanruze:
Leave that dude.

I read his post and didn't understand jack.

You better face more productive posts.

DRKRIZ:
Legal luminary, let’s call a spade a spade. You can’t demand that the Senate President step down over mere allegations that haven’t been proven. Legally, it doesn’t work that way. If we were to follow that logic, politicians would have weaponized it long ago....I could wake up tomorrow, accuse the President, and expect him to step down. No country operates that way.

Lawmakers should fight within the boundaries of the law, not trample on it. You can’t claim to champion justice while disregarding the very rules that uphold it. If Senate procedures require a senator to be seated before being recognized, she should have followed that protocol before making her case. Defiance isn’t always bravery; sometimes, it’s recklessness.

Moreover, it’s unrealistic to suggest that all 108 senators..


including those from her state, her party, and all female senators....are corrupt. That’s an emotional exaggeration, not a factual argument. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. If she truly understood the laws she claims to defend, she wouldn’t keep making these missteps. She is in error.

emkz:
I suggest she writes to the EU, US and Saudi Arabia because this is a serious issue.

It is clear that this woman does not weigh her actions carefully before taking them.

1. There was a case of Akpabio holding her hand and showing her round his house and scratching her palm with his fingers. He then proposed to her in the presence of her husband that they could be coming there for "quality time". She said she didn't tell her husband the details nor report the incidence to the ethics committee. Mistake number 1.

2. She said when she visited Akpabio in his office to complain about her motion being stood down, Akpabio said as the chief presiding officer of the senate, he'd take care of her if she took care of him. She didn't report the incidence to the ethics committee. Mistake number 2.

3. On a routine day, she was re-allocated to a seat and she started quarreling when she refused to take her seat after she was told she could not speak from where she was. She said she was being silenced and was speaking for the Nigerian women. She could have simply moved to her new seat and made her contributions from there. Mistake number 3.

4. She answered a call from Brekete where she said the new seat they sent her to would hide her from the camera and she won't catch the eye of the senate president. That was a silly thing to say. Mistake number 4.

5. She went on Arise News and made claims of sexual harassment. That was her biggest mistake. She could have first made a report to the ethics committee and leaked it to the press. By doing a media appearance, she allowed those she was fighting prepare an ambush.

6. She then formally filed a petition against Akpabio on sexual harassment. It turned out to be improperly filed according to the senate red book, Order 40, sub 4. That exposed her as being unaware of parliamentary processes. Her colleagues ripped her petition to pieces. Mistake number 6.

7. Mistake number 7 was taking Akpabio to court over an infamous facebook post by Akpabio's aide where the aide said she wore transparent clothing and walked seductively in the senate. I am no fan of Akpabio, but he is not liable for what his aide wrote. His lawyers would argue correctly that he be excluded from the case.

8. Mistake number 8 was obtaining a court order to stop her probe. That could have given her ample opportunity to give cause to her conduct which could have allowed her cite the sexual assault issues and give evidence. By citing the cases, she could have put the ethics committee in trouble because their hands would have been tied.

9. Because she allowed her colleagues see the battle she was waging before sge waged them, they could prepare their counter-attacks.

10. I think going to the inter parliamentary union undermines her case. The IPU has no supervisory powers over Nigeria's senate and can do nothing to discipline Akpabio. What she'd accomplish is rubbishing and embarrassing Akpabio and her colleagues. Many of these people are already persona non gratae which makes her action self-defeating.

What she can do now is to take time out, listen to those who genuinely care about her and find a different tactic to fight this battle. She should forget about getting justice from this senate. My recommendation would be to file a formal petition in court or code of conduct tribunal against Akpabio and fight it till the end. Akpabio can be docked.

helinues:
You see..

She should be suspended for the rest of her term

Are the UN inter parliamentary union coming to beat Akpabio or remove him? Why should Natasha carry Senate matter to outsiders?

She should be suspended permanently.

Rubbish and ingredients

yongg:
I understand how you describe that these allegations can be weaponize. I am quite aware of some who have theorized that she may even be doing this, also I cannot pretend to know the criteria which is used to judge the severity of this allegations in-house but they sound pretty serious.

But usually, when someone is being investigated for abuse like this some part of their responsibilities do suffer suspension especially when it affects the accuser, or in cases where that can't happen, they accuser my get suspended as a protection from the power of the accused.

Even an ex Senate president could see and advised the current president to step aside for temporarily for investigation.


And no, I'm not suggesting a case of corruption for the other 108 members, it is not a case of corruption, it's procedural ethics. The corruption is yet to be determined between the two main characters though 😁.

yussybenayu:
Why then, does the US interven in syria and other nation political problem. She feel offended and she has the right to take her battle anywhere in the world.

Maxymilliano:
I think at this stage, it's advisable she thread with her caution as she's taking it too far.

Her aim is to tarnish Ajpabio's image and obviously she is doing that

MASTAkiLLAh:
Everything is not gragra na, Akpabio will be expected to explain himself in New York and they will definitely need the outcome of investigations into Natasha's allegations no matter the reason they say they suspended her. These people block their ears to reason and keep acting like crude apes. Nobody is saying he's guilty but sexual harassment is a very sensitive topic in the wider world that they don't joke with. If Akpabio really had an adviser who told him the truth and advised him on strategy, he would have opted for diplomacy instead of brute force but wetin concern me ? The king will have to dance nakéd in New York

Tigernut101:
Can anything good come out of you?

DRKRIZ:
This woman is a serpent.... imagine the way she is faking the tears....This is indeed a replica of Potiphar's wife.

Centcanada:
what happens to her will happen .to your sister in the future in Jesus name

helinues:
You see..

She should be suspended for the rest of her term

Are the UN inter parliamentary union coming to beat Akpabio or remove him? Why should Natasha carry Senate matter to outsiders?

She should be suspended permanently.


Rubbish and ingredients

MASTAkiLLAh:
shebi the matter is global now ?

akan102:
So by your understanding and acceptance, once a man is accused of sexual harassment, he should see on his trousers and go cap in hands begging, na wao

toffyz:
This would be her first and last time in the national assembly. Mark my words!

Centcanada:
What happens to her will happen .to your sister in the future in Jesus name

emkz:
I suggest she writes to the EU, US and Saudi Arabia because this is a serious issue.

It is clear that this woman does not weigh her actions carefully before taking them.

1. There was a case of Akpabio holding her hand and showing her round his house and scratching her palm with his fingers. He then proposed to her in the presence of her husband that they could be coming there for "quality time". She said she didn't tell her husband the details nor report the incidence to the ethics committee. Mistake number 1.

2. She said when she visited Akpabio in his office to complain about her motion being stood down, Akpabio said as the chief presiding officer of the senate, he'd take care of her if she took care of him. She didn't report the incidence to the ethics committee. Mistake number 2.

3. On a routine day, she was re-allocated to a seat and she started quarreling when she refused to take her seat after she was told she could not speak from where she was. She said she was being silenced and was speaking for the Nigerian women. She could have simply moved to her new seat and made her contributions from there. Mistake number 3.

4. She answered a call from Brekete where she said the new seat they sent her to would hide her from the camera and she won't catch the eye of the senate president. That was a silly thing to say. Mistake number 4.

5. She went on Arise News and made claims of sexual harassment. That was her biggest mistake. She could have first made a report to the ethics committee and leaked it to the press. By doing a media appearance, she allowed those she was fighting prepare an ambush.

6. She then formally filed a petition against Akpabio on sexual harassment. It turned out to be improperly filed according to the senate red book, Order 40, sub 4. That exposed her as being unaware of parliamentary processes. Her colleagues ripped her petition to pieces. Mistake number 6.

7. Mistake number 7 was taking Akpabio to court over an infamous facebook post by Akpabio's aide where the aide said she wore transparent clothing and walked seductively in the senate. I am no fan of Akpabio, but he is not liable for what his aide wrote. His lawyers would argue correctly that he be excluded from the case.

8. Mistake number 8 was obtaining a court order to stop her probe. That could have given her ample opportunity to give cause to her conduct which could have allowed her cite the sexual assault issues and give evidence. By citing the cases, she could have put the ethics committee in trouble because their hands would have been tied.

9. Because she allowed her colleagues see the battle she was waging before sge waged them, they could prepare their counter-attacks.

10. I think going to the inter parliamentary union undermines her case. The IPU has no supervisory powers over Nigeria's senate and can do nothing to discipline Akpabio. What she'd accomplish is rubbishing and embarrassing Akpabio and her colleagues. Many of these people are already persona non gratae which makes her action self-defeating.

What she can do now is to take time out, listen to those who genuinely care about her and find a different tactic to fight this battle. She should forget about getting justice from this senate. My recommendation would be to file a formal petition in court or code of conduct tribunal against Akpabio and fight it till the end. Akpabio can be docked.

Bunnatex:
Honestly I'm being fair. Natasha might be right or wrong. Same as Akpabio.
But one thing is clear, this is a Nigerian matter and Nigeria is an independent and sovereign state. They can't sanction Akpabio.

However, investigation should be conducted about her claim and analyse possible evidences and proofs.

CorrectionFLuid:
Yes they can.

Goldenminds:
So you support Akpoti's idea of doing this shit? Right? I have said that it's when we common Nigerians stop worshipping these our so called politicians that all shall be okay not just alright

Tigernut101:
[/quote][quote author=Goldenminds post=134501156]So you support Akpoti's idea of doing this shit? Right? I have said that it's when we common Nigerians stop worshipping these our so called politicians that all shall be okay not just alright.


I don’t support her neither do I support the SP
There are two sides to every story
I only hated the way the Senate hurriedly suspended her. In a working system, the matter should have been investigated properly before the suspension.