Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP – Kogi Central), on Tuesday, defied all security restrictions arriving the state in a chopper.
Despite warning from the Kogi State Police Command to postpone her homecoming rally, she arrived Okehi local government area and was received by a mammoth crowd.
As early as 8 am, her supporters from the five local government areas of Kogi Central Senatorial District that Akpoti-Uduaghan represents flooded the Ihima community of Okehi Local Government Area (LGA) to welcome the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker.
Several local musicians took turns entertaining the people who attended the celebration while they awaited the arrival of the female lawmaker.
It did not, however, take long before the embattled senator arrived at the place in a white helicopter, eliciting applause from her teeming, jubilant supporters.
“Yesterday, we heard on the news that rallies and gatherings will not be allowed, that roads will be blocked, and convoys leading into the state will not be allowed. I knew that we were the targets. But then I said, this is not political season, this is not campaign time,” the lawmaker told her supporters and constituents.
Addressing her supporters in Ebira language, she said: “Nobody and nothing can stop me from coming home. I’m an Ebira person. This is my land. I’m the daughter of the late Jimoh Abdul Akpoti. I know my roots I’m not a bastard, and I’m not afraid of anybody”.
