Akpabio also argued that a lot of people get sent to prisons because of false allegations, adding that he doesn’t want to be a victim of such.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Nigerian Senate President, Godswill Akpabio on Thursday said he never considered stepping down from his position as leader of the national assembly despite calls from his detractors to do so.
He made this known on the floor of the senate while responding to a vote of confidence passed on him by Senate majority leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele.
The senator representing Ekiti Central senatorial district, while speaking stated that those asking Akpabio to step down over allegations of sexual harassment must be disappointed by now.
Bamidele went on thank his colleagues for standing in solidarity with the Senate President, insisting that the lawmakers will also ask for evidence whenever they are accused of any crime.
He said, “By now I’m sure you know, sir, that those who felt that by now, this Senate would have asked you to step down would have seen now that we are focused on what we are doing, and whatever the level of allegation against anyone of us, we will always ask for evidence, and we will do what is in overriding public interest. I just want to thank you, and I thank all our colleagues.”
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Responding, Akpabio said he was not planning to leave his position because the allegations against him were not true.
He added that a lot of people get sent to prisons because of false allegations, adding that he doesn’t want to be a victim of such.
He said, “To answer you, you said, ‘those who would have asked you to step down’, who told you I was going to step down due to false allegations?
“If you watch the record in America, there are black people because of their skin, who went to prison…some 25 years for false allegations. So, I’m not one of those people.
“They will step down for false allegation and when it’s proven that the allegations are false, they say, ‘Oh, we were unfair to Akpabio.’ So, if you have that in mind, please cancel it.”
