Appearing visibly upset in the live broadcast, the senator said her passport was withheld without explanation and accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of being behind the order. “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.
She recounted a similar experience from months earlier when she was reportedly prevented from travelling despite no pending charges or court orders. “The last time this happened, the officer in charge told me that the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, instructed them to withhold my passport and prevent me from travelling because he claimed that each time I go abroad, I ‘spoil the image of the country’ by granting interviews to international media,” Natasha stated.