Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP/Kogi Central) has accused immigration officers of seizing her passport at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja and preventing her from traveling abroad.
The senator went live on Instagram at the airport, questioning immigration officials about the alleged seizure of her passport.
In a video obtained on Tuesday, she accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of ordering the seizure of her passport.
She called the action of the immigration officers an unlawful restriction of her movement and a serious violation of her fundamental rights.
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“Hello, fellow Nigerians. I’m Senator Natasha. Having completed my second year in office, I decided to take a week off. I’m at the airport here, and my passport has been withheld again,” she said.
“This same thing happened before when I was stopped from traveling even though I had committed no offense, and there was no court order restricting me.
“The officer in-charge told me that the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, instructed them to withhold my passport and prevent me from traveling because he claimed that each time I go abroad, I spoil the image of the country by granting interviews to international media.”
