Kogi Senate: You attempted to kill me, sabotaged me – Natasha Akpoti rejects Gov Bello’s congratulatory message

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, has turned down Governor Yahaya Bello’s congratulatory message to her.

The Governor extended congratulations after the Appeal Court upheld her win at the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal. He referred to Natasha as his sister and stressed the importance of acknowledging the court’s decision on Natasha’s victory to prevent disorder in the state.

However, during her appearance on Channels Television on Tuesday evening, Natasha accused the governor of making attempts on her life on multiple occasions. She maintained that the Kogi State governor lacks an understanding of democratic principles.

“I would pretty much wish you had not played the Governor’s message here because I’m just getting to watch it now,” she said on Channels Television.

“He said this is the beauty of politics, this is not the beauty of politics. You don’t endanger yourself, set out to kill people, destroy property and frustrate the electoral process because you want your candidate to win and call it the beauty of democracy.

“I heard guns, I had his hunchmen shoot at my vehicle. I have video evidence of that. They wore APC shirts and one of them was Amoka, he was actually a Returning Officer… he led the group of 10 men to shoot at me. I have the videos capturing that.

“And apart from that, a day to the election, the governor dug five gullies, cutting off five roads and that was just to prevent election from going on and probably endangering my life.”