I NEVER ACCUSED RENO OMOKRI OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT: SENATOR NATASHA CLEARS THE AIR
Senator Natasha clears the air and dares Reno Omokri to bring proof. Says her only public accusation is against Senate President Akpabio and she has evidence.
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has categorically denied ever accusing former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, of sexual harassment. In a detailed public clarification made during a YouTube live interview with Adeola Fayehun, Senator Natasha described as false and misleading the claims suggesting that she had previously levelled sexual misconduct allegations against Mr Omokri.
She recalled a social media comment she made years ago in response to one of Reno’s posts, where she referenced a personal encounter at the Presidential Villa’s Banquet Hall during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit in 2014.
According to Senator Natasha, Mr. Omokri had approached her and asked for her name and contact. She gave him a fake name and phone number, and the interaction ended there. She stressed that the comment was made in defence of a young girl from her ward being dragged online and was never framed as a sexual harassment allegation.
“This is the only time I ever spoke about him, and even then, it wasn’t sexual harassment. I only said he made an advance towards me and I gave him a fake name and a fake number. That was all,” she stated.
She expressed deep concern over what she called an orchestrated attempt to twist the facts and falsely align her with multiple unrelated allegations. She also mentioned that Mr Omokri later posted travel documents to suggest he was not in the country at the time of the said event. However, she stood by her account, stating, “People know how to get fake travel stamps and tickets. I can get a travel agent to print tickets to ten countries right now, and that doesn’t mean I travelled.”
Senator Natasha further stated that she was shocked to hear Reno Omokri publicly claim that she had accused him of harassment or that he had received payments from her or her husband. “I never paid him anything, and neither did my husband,” she said firmly, challenging him to provide evidence to support the wild allegations.
The Senator warned that if the false accusations continue, she would be left with no choice but to take legal action against Mr Omokri for defamation, insisting that there is no record, written or oral, where she accused him of sexual misconduct. She expressed disappointment that a political commentator of his calibre would descend into fabricating events in a bid to align himself with the ruling party at the expense of her reputation.
Her remarks appeared not just as a defence of her integrity, but also a clear message that the politics of mudslinging and manipulation will not go unchallenged, especially when it involves making up a serious issue like sexual harassment.
By ILUO DePOET
Lawyer | Speaker | Political Analyst | Author | Pan-African