Senator Adams Oshiomhole has moved to clarify remarks he made about the controversy over the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
He denied saying that lawmakers’ signatures were forged in the report that recommended the Kogi Central senator’s suspension.
In a statement on Tuesday, Oshiomhole said his comments during an interview on AIT’s Politics Today programme on Monday were misrepresented. He insisted he never claimed any senator’s signature was forged.
The former Edo State governor said his view matched that of the Senate spokesman, Senator Yemi Adaramodu — that no senator’s signature was forged because no lawmaker had complained to him about it.
Oshiomhole added that the only point he raised was that one senator who served on the committee said attendance signatures of some lawmakers were attached to the final report.
Oshiomhole said, “The insinuation that I said signatures of Senators were forged is a complete misrepresentation of what I actually said
“ I agree absolutely with the spokesperson of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Yemi Adaramodu, that no signature of Senators was forged in Natasha Akpoti’s suspension. This is because no Senator complained to me that his or her signature was forged.
“ The only comment I made is that one Senator, who is a member of the Committee, claimed’ that the signatures of attendance of some Senators were attached to the final report.”
