The Nigerian Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has denied allegations by suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, that he threatened to make her “go down” if the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, “goes down”.

Opeyemi Bamidele admitted that he called Mrs. Akpoti-Uduaghan on the phone at the time she stated, but that he made the call as an attempt to reconcile her with the Senate resident following the controversy surrounding his “nightclub” remark the senate president made in July 2024.

He spoke on the issue during Thursday’s plenary when senators debated Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension.