The senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has reacted to an unexpected denial of access to the palace of the late Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr. Ado Ibrahim, during her condolence visit to families of the late monarch at the weekend.
The senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has reacted to an unexpected denial of access to the palace of the late Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr. Ado Ibrahim, during her condolence visit to families of the late monarch at the weekend.
Akpoti-Uduaghan, who addressed the crowd outside the palace, said she came to show her appreciation to the late monarch for the love and support shown to her when he was alive.
“Our father was a pillar to our senatorial victory and I enjoyed this privileged support from the time of the Ajaokuta Steel advocacy because the development of Ebiraland was all his concern.
“He was a peaceful man. May the peace he preached reign in Ebiraland. Even though he’s not with us today physically, he’s still with us in spirit. He would have been happy to receive us. With the legacies he left behind, surely he died an accomplished man,” she said. The senator promised to live up to what the monarch stood for in the Senate.
Meanwhile, sources close to the palace said the senator’s denied access to the palace was a fight back to the defeat of the governor’s anointed candidate at the Appeal Court, which affirmed Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as the duly-elected senator for Kogi Central Senatorial District.
This development further lends credence to the belief that the governor’s earlier congratulatory message to the senator may have been a calculated move to create a facade of peace, concealing an underlying effort to garner support for his anointed candidate in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in the state.