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The Senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi, has said that the ongoing controversy involving the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, in the Senate has vindicated former Governor Yahaya Bello.
Speaking to journalists in Lokoja on Sunday, Karimi stated that recent events show that Bello could not be blamed for the past disputes between him and Akpoti-Uduaghan before the National Assembly elections.
He was reacting to the face-off between the Kogi Central senator and Senate President Godswill Akpabio, which has sparked controversy.
He said, “Former Governor Yahaya Bello must have seen it coming.”
“Other Kogi lawmakers and I played major roles in ensuring that the state was not brought to ridicule, but no amount of reasoning could prevail. Our intervention was rebuffed.”
He added, “All our admonition to her fell on deaf ears. One…