Constituents stage rally, express support for Akpoti-Uduaghan’s recall process

Thousands of constituents from Kogi Central Senatorial District, on Wednesday in Okene, staged a rally to express their support for the ongoing recall process of Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the National Assembly.

It was reported that the constituents, under the aegis of Kogi Central Grassroots Movement, were from the five local government areas making up Kogi Central senatorial district.

The constituents, who spoke through their Coordinator, AbdulHameed Jimoh, and the Secretary, Mohammed Abdullahi, accused the Akpoti-Uduaghan camp of fabricating videos and deliberately distorting information on her recall.

They insisted on going ahead with the senator’s recall process.

“We are appealing to Nigerians to ignore the lies of a few people on social media about our intention and pay visit to Kogi Central to see what is happening with the process.

“She (Sen. Akpoti-Uduaghan) accused the state government of being behind her recall when she knows that even those who were her strong loyalists in the (Kogi) central have abandoned her.

“She went to the National Assembly to pursue her personal interest, not the interest of Kogi Central,” the group said.

The constituents alleged that last weekend, the senator’s camp sent some items to some people in Okene to convince them to come out the next day for a protest.

“They imported people from outside the district to join her very few and reluctant aides and called them Kogi Central constituents,” the group said.

According to the constituents, Akpoti-Uduaghan has put the senatorial district in the eye of the storm for the wrong reason.

They said that no reasonable constituents would fold their arms and see their senatorial district being dragged to the mud without doing something to remedy it.

“The recall process, therefore, is a necessity and deliberate attempt by the people of Kogi Central to tell the whole world that they are not in support of the unruly behaviour of the senator at the assembly.

“She should leave the stage to face her strange activism and quarrels so that we can have quality representation,” the constituents said.