Akingbolu Kabir, a legal practitioner, has shared how Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan overcame serious obstacles during her election in Kogi State
Speaking in an interview with News Central TV, Kabir said just a day before the senatorial election, the then-Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, tried to stop people from voting in Natasha’s area. He said Bello blocked the road leading to Natasha’s area by digging a large ditch on the road and blocking it with trees, all to prevent people from reaching the polling units.
Kabir stated that Natasha personally ensured the ditch was filled and made sure people could move freely and vote in her community.
In Kabir’s words: “A day to the election the governor of Kogi State then, Yahaya Bello, went and barricaded the road, cut trees and all that to block the road, dug a big pit and all that so that people will not have access to that area to vote and frustrate the people and Natasha. Natasha woke up before daybreak and she covered the ditch and ensured that there was a free movement. That was before the election and she won the election in a very dramatic circumstances. She was declared to have lost the election but when she went to court she got victory”
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