BY Isiaka Sadiq Fache.
A striking twist of fate has hit Nigeria’s Senate, spotlighting the perils of wielding power with malice. When Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was illegally suspended for six months, Senate President Godswill Akpabio ordered her security personnel withdrawn—a move many saw as punitive and vindictive. Fast forward, and President Bola Tinubu has decreed that all lawmakers’ security details be withdrawn. Now, Akpabio and his colleagues are scrambling to reverse the decision, citing fears of attack. The irony is glaring: the same man who stripped one senator of protection now pleads vulnerability.
The optics are damning. Akpabio’s initial order appears less about security protocol and more about silencing dissent. With Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan vocal about Senate irregularities, her security withdrawal read like an attempt to isolate her—perhaps even expose her to danger. Now, as the tables turn and his own safety hangs in the balance, the calculus shifts. Lawmakers who once backed Akpabio’s play are suddenly anxious, grasping at the security blanket they helped yank from a colleague.
The episode underscores a universal truth: actions born of spite often recoil. Akpabio’s gambit to weaken Senator Natasha has boomeranged, uniting his peers in panic. It’s a lesson in the law of unintended consequences—and perhaps karma’s quiet hand. When power is weaponized, the backlash can be brutal.
As the Senate navigates this quagmire, one question lingers: will lawmakers learn from this cautionary tale, or will hubris delay the reckoning? For now, the drama serves as a reminder that retributive justice, however slow, tends to arrive unannounced.
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