Senate President Akabio's Wife Unoma Reacts Senator Natasha Akpoti's Allegations

 Senate President Godswill Akpabio's wife Unoma has described Senator Natasha's claims against her husband as not only false but an attempt to tarnish his image.
While addressing journalists on Friday in a viral video, she maintained that her husband is a disciplined man who has always demonstrated his respect for women and has actively supported their inclusion in governance.

In her words;

"Coming down to what was discussed apart from the Senate matters, am not a senator so I don't know what goes in there, I would talk about my own family which is senator Godswill Akpabio's family, my husband and the father of my children.

He's a very nice man, he's kind hearted,very jovial which people always mistake for any other thing, he's very friendly, sometimes over friendly like I normally tell him but you cannot change somebody's character at this time if somebody has been a very jovial, kind, nice, compassionate, plays and jokes a lot, can you change the person at the this time? no you can't.

So when I heard the unfortunate accusation, it's very demeaning because that is a family, we knew the husband before the husband married her, they were and still good friends so I really don't understand where this is coming from and I believe for somebody to make such allegation, there must be a discussion at home, there must have been a sanction or approval;'oh, you're going to say this, go ahead and say it' and if the approval has come from the husband, our friend, I believe that he would have spoken to me because we're close, he's close to my husband.

But if he didn't give her the approval to go on air and make such an allegations, then the question is does he have control?did he give her the approval?and then if the wife had complained about such a thing, and he still comes and he's normal, there's no man the wife would tell oh your friend harassed me, I know how you men behave, that would not frown, First of all, the attitude towards the person would change but his attitude never changed and if you're talking about the house, we don't have any house in Ikot-ekpene, it is a local government, we're from Nsit Ubuim Local Government in Ukana and I didn't hear anything about Ukana.

If you're talking about Uyo house in Uyo, am always there so the home you're talking about, am always there.The Senate President is a very responsible man and disciplined
In Akwaibom when he was a governor, a lot of women were involved in governance and none of them ever said something like this, nothing like that happened.

If you're talking about my home in Uyo in the 8th of December, that was the day we were getting ready for the celebration on the 9th and I was there, my children were there and even when you look at her and you had a lie detector, it would have told you the truth so maybe what you people should start having is a lie detector, if NBC will allow you.

So when some ladies want to say something, they should remember that there are children that are involved, I am equally involved, our father is not like that and he can never be like that, you don't learn something in old age.
So making such allegations is like since you've changed my seat, am going to malign you for me that is not politics,if you want to play politics, let's play politics that is decent so that 'Senator Akpabio harassed me sexually'; a married woman?

In my place, there is a proverb that says that if you want to eat a toad, you eat a toad that is well matured not just maturity, somebody that is okay mentally , not a married woman.

It's unfortunate that she has said what she said, and am sure she knows she has lied, she shouldn't take that route, if she has a problem that needed to be solved, it can be solved without maligning somebody , like I said we knew the husband before he married her and so their marriage is not an old marriage so if the man wants us to continue the relationship, yes we would continue it because after all, we didn't know her before now so nothing happens to the relationship between us and the man except if the man had given her an approval to come and tell these lies

9th of December, almost all the senators were in Akwaibom, the Senate president is not somebody that is always alone, even when he wants to eat, he would tell me am eating with 10-15 people , he's never anywhere alone so for me with that number of people, I don't know what and where that conversation could have taken place because he is like that, he shows people the house and he would always take you to the chapel at the end because in every home, there's a chapel, So am always entertaining people whenever he's around.

So if the man was walking behind, and the conversation was taking place in his presence, he could have heard, even the body gesculation would have showed the man that there was something wrong, security men are always the SP.

So for that night, I knew I served people, the house is never empty when he's around, constituents would be there, Akwaibom people would be there and they never leave him whether the house in Ukana or Uyo.

And there's no way a man that's as disciplined as that can think of taking a woman to his home, he has a lot of respect for me and my children and regard so you can't even imagine it and my children are always with me so I don't know if she could have entered in a box covered up, I don't know.

They are very cordial, the Senate president attended their wedding and spent two nights, when they had the first birthday of their don, I was there so I can't say at what point the relationship got so sour to the point of alleging sexual harassment because I have four daughters, myself am a woman, if somebody harrases me, I would feel bad but when I know the husband am married to, it's not him she was talking about maybe she was making reference to another person that's why I said it was an imaginative allegation or content creation.

In the past, we've allowed people to get away with a lot of things, and he would always tell me if you can't stand the heat, leave the kitchen, am here to serve my people, they would throw more at me, I would say this more is becoming too much, why can't you do something so am now the one going for a legal address

Anybody can accuse anybody about anything but the main thing is are you telling the truth?, she's not a young woman, am not a young woman either do there are certain lies at our age that we shouldn't tell.
Senator Akpabio, very disciplined,a good father, lovely father, supportive husband , handsome man that every woman would like to have".