‘Akpabio’s wife visited Senate Chamber to inspect faulty equipment’ – Aide refutes ‘unholy access’ reports

The Office of the Senate President has reacted to the contention trailing a caller sojourn of Mrs Ekaette Unoma Akpabio, woman of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, to the Senate Chamber.

There were reports that Mrs Akpabio had an “unholy access” to the enclosure arsenic she was said to person visited the installation with marabouts and spiritualists. The quality of the visit, which took spot connected a Saturday, has raised eyebrows, with galore questioning the motive down the development.

But reacting to the development, Dr. Jibril Lawal Tafida, Special Adviser to the President of the Senate connected Diaspora and Non-governmental Organizations, described the reports arsenic “misinformation”.

In a connection on Saturday, Tafida said Mrs Akpabio’s sojourn was purely administrative.

According to him, Mrs Akpabio visited the National Assembly Complex connected a Saturday to personally observe and measure malfunctioning instrumentality and facilities wrong the chamber.

The action, Tafida said, was taken astatine the lawsuit of the Senate President who had received galore complaints from senators and sta...