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Gbeminiyi Ogunleye
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Arise TV Comments On Prof Mbeke's Financial Inducement Accusation (Video) «
Arise TV has responded to the allegations of financial inducement by suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha A kpoti-Uduaghan, as alleged by Dr. Sandra Duru, a US-based Nigerian media practitioner and psychologist also known as Prof. Mbeke.
Recall that Prof. Mgbeke accused Akpoti-Uduaghan of paying Arise TV for favourable coverage and hiring Dr Oby Ezekwesili and FIDA (International Federation of Women Lawyers) as “useful idiots” to disrupt a Senate committee hearing on her petition. She alleged Akpoti-Uduaghan sponsored the Arise TV awards and offered Duru an award, which she rejected, citing her value for integrity.
She further claimed Akpoti-Uduaghan targeted Akpabio to destabilise President Bola Tinubu’s administration, with promises of a governorship from opposition leaders.
“The target is not the Senate president but the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, because Natasha was promised to be made a governor by her so-called political fathers, whom she mentioned to me; I’ve mentioned to the authority,” Dr Sandra alleged.
Dr Duru claimed Akpoti-Uduaghan’s actions were part of a broader opposition strategy, supported by a political party leader she contacted but refused to name publicly.
She urged the Nigerian police to investigate Akpoti-Uduaghan, comparing her case to how they would handle activists like Sowore, and called for transparency.
