The political background of Senate President Godswill Akpabio has been called into doubt by the Niger Delta Women League (NDWL).
Following his most recent blunders at a plenary session of the national assembly’s upper chamber, the NDWL requested that Senator Akpabio step down.
They called Akpabio’s ascent to the Senate’s leadership a national embarrassment to both the nation and the Niger Delta.
Abuja, FCT – Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, has been instructed to step down right away.
The Niger Delta Women League (NDWL) issued this request in a statement that was provided to Legit.ng on August 21.
Reasons for Akpabo’s resignation or impeachment
Senator Akpabio was chastised for his notorious missteps during Senate plenary sessions in a statement co-signed by ten other stakeholders and signed by the national president, Hon. Sheila Abiye Tamuno.
Because of his past in suspected incidents of corruption, they characterized Senator Akpabio’s rise as a shame to the nation and the Niger Delta area.
The statement reads:
“For a man under investigation by anti-corruption agencies for multiple levels of sleaze to be handed the sacred position of the President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a joke taken too far, making our dear Country a laughing stock to the International Community.
“The same Akpabio who, in the guise of supervising the NDDC forensic audit, rather used the period under review as a cover to heartlessly plunder the Commission and entire Niger Delta region to the tune of #1.4 Trillion Naira, using Akwa as sole Administrator.
“The same act he committed without Senate approval amounting to extra-budgetary expenditure.”
The organization called on the Senate to stand up for the people and make sure that Senator Akpabio was impeached if he did not step down.
In addition, they threatened to bring a million women to the National Assembly in the event that the former governor of Akwa Ibom State refused to resign.
They stated:
“…we shall be mobilizing one million Niger Delta Women on the 26th September 2023 to the gate Of the National Assembly to either thank the Senate or pressure them to do the needful.”