Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan confirms attack on family residence, blames Akpabio

<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>Embattled Senator&comma; <strong><a target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gistreel&period;com&sol;tag&sol;Natasha-Akpoti-Uduaghan">Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; has confirmed the attack on her family by some unknown gunmen earlier today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recall that Gistreel reported that <strong>unknown assailants armed with firearms and cutlasses attacked<&sol;strong> the family house of embattled Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in the early hours of Thursday&comma; April 17th&comma; 2025&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;1171678" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-1171678" style&equals;"width&colon; 800px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img decoding&equals;"async" class&equals;"wp-image-1171678 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;toptechblitz&period;com&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2025&sol;04&sol;Natasha-Akpoti-Uduaghan&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan confirms attack on family residence&comma; blames Akpabio" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"533" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-1171678" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Natsha Akpoti&comma; embattled senator<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Intelligence sources reported that Yakubu Ovanja&comma; the Chief Security Officer to the Senator&comma; informed authorities about the attack&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The assault took place around 1&colon;00 a&period;m&period;&comma; with at least three armed individuals vandalizing the building&comma; including shattering window panes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Confirming the attack in a statement in a exclusive interview with Naija News&comma; on Thursday&comma; Natasha’s Chief Press Secretary&comma; Arogbonlo Israel&comma; said&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We condemn the brazen attack on Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s family house in Obeiba-Ihima&comma; Kogi State&comma; on Tuesday&comma; April 15&period; Armed men&comma; mistakenly believing the Senator was present&comma; vandalized windows in her grandfather’s house&period; Fortunately&comma; security operatives swiftly responded and repelled the attackers&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This calculated assault appears to be a direct response to Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan’s courageous stance against Senate President Godswill Akpabio&comma; whom she accused of sexual harassment&period; We urge the Inspector General of Police to immediately reinstate her security details&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan shared her account of the incident&colon; &OpenCurlyQuote;Two days ago&comma; my younger brother took some contractors to my hometown in Ihima to inspect locations for upcoming projects I attracted to my senatorial district&period; The unknown gunmen assumed I was the one in town and attacked my family house that night&period; Thankfully&comma; the civil defence team and community members responded promptly and chased them off&period; A report was made at the police area command&comma; and no one was hurt&period;’<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We call on the public to remain calm and support the pursuit of justice for Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan&period; Her dedication to speaking truth and representing her constituents should not be met with violence and intimidation&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gistreel&period;com&sol;senator-natasha-akpoti-uduaghan-confirms-attack-on-family-residence-blames-akpabio&sol;" previewlistener&equals;"true">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;