Oshiomhole denies alleging senators’ signatures were forged during Natasha’s suspension

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By Henry Umoru

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ABUJA- CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, APC, Edo North has said that he never alleged that signatures were forged during the Suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, PDP, Kogi Central by the Senator Neda Imasuen, APC, Edo South led Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions.

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A statement by Senator Oshiomhole yesterday read, “My attention has been brought to an obvious misrepresentation of the statement I made during the course of my interview on AIT “Politics Today” broadcast on Monday 15th June 2026. To set the records straight, I wish to make the following clarifications.

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‘”The insinuation that I said signatures of Senators were forged is a complete misrepresentation of what I actually said.

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“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 cominent 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. Any suggestion to the effect that I alleged that any Senator’s signature was forged is completely untrue and should be disregarded.

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“As far as I am concerned, the issue of suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has been put to rest and the Senate has since moved on. The context in which I made a comment on the Senator Natasha Akpoti’s issue was the AIT interviewer’s claim that Senate Leader Distinguished Senator Bamidele Opeyemi referred to the matter as the “lowest point of the 3 years of the 10th Senate” to which I replied that “if indeed the Senate Leader said so, yes it should be taken seriously, because he is not given to frivolities”

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“Once again, I emphasise that no Senator told me that his or her signature was forged.

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“Finally, I regret if my comments may have caused embarrassment to any Senator or the 10th Senate as an institution.”

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