…wants DSS to invite Yahaya Bello for questioning
Senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi, Mrs Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has said she is ready to surrender to the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) for questioning but Governor Yahaya Bello must be invited as well.
She stated this in an interview with Channels TV’s Politics Today, monitored by Quest Times on Monday.
Recall that the Kogi State Government had called on the leadership of security agencies in Nigeria to invite the PDP candidate for questioning over alleged terrorism-related activities.
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This was contained in a statement signed Monday by the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, in Lokoja.
“It is worrisome for the PDP that Natasha represents to come out openly to identify with Safiu, a terror suspect that is linked to the bloody attack on a church in Owo that led to the death of scores of worshippers.
“He (Safiu) is also linked to the dastardly attack on the Kuje Correctional Centre as well as military formations within and outside of Kogi.
“It was a thing of relief to the people of Kogi Central that security agencies were able to apprehend their Chief Tormentor. Criminality doesn’t know political party. A criminal is a criminal and should be treated as such,” Fanwo was quoted as saying.
Reacting to the allegations, Akpoti-Uduaghan said that it was the conspiracy of Bello’s government to link her with terrorism-related activities in the state, adding that Safiu had been working with the governor all the while but he was infuriated that Safiu dumped APC for PDP.
According to her, in 2019, the narrative against her was that she was single, but now that she got married to a gentleman from Delta, her state government was worried that she would win and was deploying all forms of conspiracy against her that she was importing terrorists form other States to destablise Kogi.
“I will like that the DSS invite me for questioning and they must also invite Yahaya Bello. And I will want the interrogation by the DSS (for both of us) to be televised.
“I don’t mind supplying the network for Channels, Arise, AIT and other stations interested.
“It is time for Nigerians to know the truth. All of this (allegation) is political and Yahaya Bello knows he’s going to lose. His government is going to lose,” she said.