A South-West socio-political group, Afenifere Youth Stakeholders Forum, on Thursday, called on Senate President Godswill Akpabio to address the swirling allegations linking him to United Kingdom-based activist, Dr. Sandra Duru.
It recalled that Duru, popularly known as “Prof Mgbeke,” recently alleged in a viral video that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan offered her N200 million to falsely accuse the Senate President of organ harvesting. She also stated in the same video that she had never met or spoken with Akpabio.
In a statement by its National President, Kehinde Olatunde; Secretary General, Bukola Esther; and Publicity Secretary, Duke Abimbola, the group expressed concern over Akpabio’s continued silence on the matter, which they said had taken on an international dimension.
However, social media users later circulated a segment of the video purportedly showing a call log suggesting communication between Duru and the Senate President, an apparent contradiction of her claim.
He said: “We have waited for days expecting the office of the Senate President to speak out on his alleged conversation with Sandra Duru, but that has not happened.
“This is a worrisome situation considering the international dimension this matter has since assumed. There have been claims that Duru is a serial blackmailer, and we expect the Senate President to clear every doubt that he has nothing to do with such a person.
“Nigerians would wish to know the truth about the call log, which was allegedly mistakenly projected during the live video session.
“The youth group equally called on security agencies to beam their searchlight on Duru to investigate claims in several quarters that she was hiding under activism to defame and blackmail people.
“The United States of America should not be a safe haven for such a character, who will even descend to the level of dragging former minister, Oby Ezekwesili, into such a thing.
“We urge the United States of America’s security to close in on her and investigate all her activities, which have all been put to question by the revelation coming out from her live video.”
