Stars are born stars ... there is propensity for captivating kinetic incandescence within them.
She is a star ... our star.
She is the torpedo that within a year, charted a course through murky waters and lit up sectors in education, security of lives and property, job security, health, technology, basic amenities, empowerment etc ... with unparalleled giant strides.
She lit up her Senatorial district with the best of street lights and shared 6 trailers of rice to her constituents and more, within about a month of being sworn in. That might have been her 1st offence ... rice which others re-bag, sell, and use in many other ways for personal aggrandisement, and then share some in rations, a trailer load during christmas and another half during Sallah.
We heard about the inuendoes that followed....."calm down, no be so we dey do am for here ooo".
She had actually retreated strategically for a period, as she resiliently and quietly worked underground to build and strengthen her personal reserve. When she re-emerged, she wasn't alone. She had her Gold reserve bill with her. Rumours had it that she had to personally go to France to present the national opportunity to the Executive President to get the nod of the Senate.
Then, the Akpabio _"we are not in the club"_ issue. The SM descended so much on Akpabio that he had to apologise but his slighted team were deeply bruised, they must have thought Natasha influenced blogs to post Akpabio's alleged lovers names.
My trailblazing Senator won't rest, she is in the Senate to represent the good people of Kogi Central, and she stuck true to the cause. Senator Natasha Hadiza Uduaghan influenced the situation of 5 gas refining NLNG plants in her Senatorial district ... the grapevine says this is through direct links to the President ... this perhaps angered some very powerful persons in government, but she knew if she brought it to the floor, it might not see the light of day....personal interests can kill the best of ideas and opportunities.
The reprisals were that by the next senate sitting, she was moved from Local content committee to Diaspora committee. There, she hit the ground running again ... she was already a shinning star, you see.
They responded with impromptu seat rearrangement to frustrate her, and then disallowed her a fair hearing.
Into this fray, she dropped the bombshell that Akpabio has been trying to have his way with her ... and this is not the first time he is accused of such a thing ... and I know my Senator as a strong and straightforward personality.
Can you dim natural light created by God Almighty? How do you dim a shinning star?
It's interesting when people say almost all the senators voted for her suspension (some said signatures were forged, allegedly)... ironically, she was the best senator among the very same 109 senators last year, her 1st ever year in the senate. Is this fact not enough to draw concerns from well meaning Nigerians?
Oh, there were the ones who were even less patient than our shinning star. Can a series be complete without a bit of comedy? The recall was exactly that ... children playing their part in the comedy of politics. We shall not dignify their actions with a fifth sentence.
Six months is but a period in time ... and time runs out, as it has. In suspension, my Senator was too busy laying new foundations, commissioning projects, influencing employments, empowerment in technologies etc. Have u ever heard of a Senator distributing drones?
Interestingly, she fought deeper battles in her locality to get to the Senate. A skirmish in the jungle with a lion is actually tougher than this imbroglio. She's currently not perturbed. She's very focused on the truth and won't bow to pressure. No, not so soon or ever. She is an Ebira woman married to no other but the strongest of men, The Alema of Warri Kingdom, Prince Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan ... a friend of the Ebira Kingdom and my Otohinoyi of Ebiraland.
Signed
Hon. Adomu Muhammed Etudaiye (AME) Media