Kogi Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has said she’s under intense pressure from the presidency and her colleagues in the senate for her to decamp from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The senator, who represents Kogi Central, however disclosed that she has rejected the move as she will not decamp to the APC.
Making the revelation on Mic On Podcast with Seun Okinbaloye, posted on YouTube Akpoti-Uduaghan, explained that the APC is not an option even if the crisis in the PDP worsens.
“No, I wouldn’t. I was in APC briefly at the start of everything. Why should I go and join APC?” she said despite the ongoing leadership tussle in the PDP which has led to factional leadership.
She added, “I don’t have to follow the bandwagon. I don’t have to succumb to any threats or fall for any cajolery.”
According to her, “I have been approached many times. I have been approached by people from the Presidency, from even my colleagues,” she said without confirming anyone who has approached her.
She further said, “Even as recently as yesterday, one joked about it: ‘We’re still expecting, we would love to have you.’ And I’m like, I love my space, I love my peace here. I’m okay with my party now.”
She said she has been having discussions on her likely 2027 bid to return to the sentence but that it’s too early as nothing has been decided.
Responding to the challenge former Governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, could pose to her bid to return to the senate, she said, “If by any chance I make up my mind after due consultation with my family, constituents and political party, and I am on the ballot against former Governor Yahaya Bello in 2027, then I would say, bring it on,” she said.
She stressed that she had already defeated a candidate backed by Bello in 2023 and has no reason to fear.
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