SENATE WHATSAPP WAR: NATASHA AKPOTI-UDAUGHAN THREATENS TO LEAK SECRET CHATS AFTER COLLEAGUE DELETES HER COMMENTS

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has ignited a political firestorm after taking to her official Facebook page to accuse a colleague, Senator Osita Ngwu of Enugu West Senatorial District, of censoring her in a private Senate WhatsApp forum.

In a bold and unprecedented move, the Kogi Central senator publicly demanded that Senator Ngwu reopen responses in the lawmakers’ WhatsApp group and restore her deleted comments, warning that failure to comply would force her to “bring the discussion to the public domain.”

Her message, posted early Sunday, signaled a rare glimpse into the tense, often concealed dynamics of Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber—where power plays, internal disagreements, and deleted messages now shape political conversations as much as formal plenary sessions.

The confrontation, already generating nationwide buzz, comes barely days after Senator Natasha accused immigration officers of harassment in a viral airport video, where her passport was seized as she attempted to embark on what she described as her first vacation in two years.

Political observers say the escalating tension suggests a new era where parliamentary battles leap beyond the red chambers into digital spaces, turning private WhatsApp groups into battlegrounds for influence, transparency, and control of narrative.

Key Highlights

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan publicly threatened to leak internal Senate WhatsApp conversations.

She accused Senator Osita Ngwu of deleting her contributions and locking the group’s response feature.

Natasha demanded that her deleted comments be restored immediately.

The warning was issued via her verified Facebook page.

The episode comes shortly after she alleged harassment by immigration officials in a video that went viral nationwide.

According to her, she had been heading for a short vacation—her first break in two years as a senator.

The clash underscores how political tensions now spill into social media, where even deleted messages threaten to become public scandals.

As this digital dispute unfolds, Nigerians watch closely, aware that in today’s politics, a single deleted message can spark a national conversation—or expose the inner workings of the Senate like never before.