Ismail Abdulazeez Mantu Reporting
Thousands of pro-Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan protesters on Wednesday besieged the gate of the National Assembly over allegations of sexual harassment against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
The protesters, comprising mainly women and men from Kogi Central Senatorial District led by one of the lawyers to Senator Natasha, Victor Giwa, carried placards, banners and a national flag.
They called on the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions to which Senator Natasha alleged misconduct in Chamber has been referred for probe, to recuse itself.
According to them, a man cannot be a judge in his case.
They called on Akpabio to resign his position to allow for an unbiased probe of the allegations.
Speaking during the protest, Giwa claimed that his law firm has obtained a court injunction to stop the Senate Committee on Ethics from proceeding with its assignment.
He said that the chairman and members of the committee cannot be expected to dispense Justice without bias seeing that they were appointed by Akpabio.
There was heavy security presence at the gate due to the protest.
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