The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, Neda Imaseun, has declared the sexual harassment case involving Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as “closed” within the upper chamber of the National Assembly.
Imaseun made this declaration on Tuesday in response to comments from Akpoti-Uduaghan’s legal counsel, Abiola Akiode, who had accused him of bias in handling the matter.
Naija News reports that he emphasized that the case, which had attracted significant attention, had been concluded and no further action would be taken at the Senate level.
Earlier, Akiode, who represents Akpoti-Uduaghan, had urged Imaseun to step down from his position as chairman of the Senate committee, citing alleged bias in his handling of the case.
Akiode said, “Our intention is that, if we are going to proceed, we want the chair to please step down from this conversation to allow for fairness and justice in accordance with the constitution of…