A group of women in Akwa Ibom State, have threatened to pray to God to release “spiritual cane” that would put her in order if she continued with her sexual harassment allegation against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
The group came up with this on Saturday,when they took to the streets to protest against Natasha’s allegation, describing it as unfounded.
The women said the allegation was a ploy to discredit and tarnish the image of Akpabio, emphasising that they would not allow a fellow woman bring down their son (Akpabio).
The protesters marched round the streets of Uyo metropolis, displaying placards with various inscriptions depicting the purpose of their protest.
One of them, Mrs Grace Mathias, said women from Akwa Ibom would not tolerate any “disrespectful behaviour” from anyone against their elders.
She warned that if Akpoti-Uduaghan continued with the allegation, they would pray to God to release “spiritual cane” that would put her in order.
She said, “We, the women of Akwa Ibom and Niger Delta are saying that, this should be the first and the last time you will be addressing our son in such a disrespectful manner. We are out here today to tell you, Natasha, that our son is precious to us, in this area we respect our men, we don’t disrespect them, so we want to tell you to stop harassing our son.
“If we hear about this again, we will go down on our knees to pray against you and God Almighty will release cane and that cane will flog you. No peace for the wicked and for plotting evil against our son; evil will return to you because you want to bring bad name to our son. Your plan will not work in the life of our son.”
It would be noted that this is not the first time the Senate President is being accused of sexual harassment.
In 2020, while serving as the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, a former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Joy Nunieh, accused Akpabio of sexual molestation.
Coincidentally, it was on the same television station where Akpoti-Uduaghan made her claim that Nuineh granted an interview and levelled allegations against Akpabio.
Speaking as a guest of Arise Television, the ex-NDDC boss said, “Why did he not tell Nigerians that I slapped him in his guesthouse at Apo? I am the only Ogoni woman, the only Nigerian woman that has slapped him. I slapped him because of his plan B. Since he couldn’t get me to take that money, he thought that he could come up on me.
