Alleged KGB infiltration of NASS: Police in dilemma, as Senator Natasha abandons petition, says ‘I haven’t been invited’

The Nigeria Police Force appears to be in a quandary over its investigation of alleged infiltration of the National Assembly by Russia’s KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti), the former Soviet security agency.

Checks revealed that the Police headquarter had invited for interrogation,
the Senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi on the heels of petition before it by his colleague -the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

According to the petition dated March 5, 2025, Akpoti-Uduaghan who is currently on six months suspension from the Senate asked the police authority to investigate claim by her counterpart from Kogi west ,that KGB has infiltrated the National Assembly, posing a serious threat to Nigeria’s democratic processes.

In her petition, she alleged that Senator Karimi shared a report titled “KGB Agent Group Warns Senate: A Call for Vigilance Amidst Threats to Democracy” on the official WhatsApp group of the 10th Senate on February 23, 2025.

In her petition, the axed Kogi lawmaker asked the Police not to treat the alarm raised by Senator Karimi with levity, declaring that , “No nation can afford to ignore the presence of such a group within its legislative body.”

Further checks revealed that Senator Karimi appeared at Louis Edet, Police headquarter on Monday to state his own side in deference to Police invitation.

Sources at the Police headquarter which described the session with Karimi as “positive with useful disclosure” as the lawmaker owned up to his post, however revealed that the Force authority were taken aback that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan has since distanced herself from her petition and subsequently, rebuffed request to appear before the Force headquarter.
” We reached out to her after the session with Senator Karimi. “We wanted to hear from her too but she has continued to ignore our invitation.

That is disturbing to us because we don’t expect her to suddenly dump a petition with such a sensitive allegation against her colleague and then elope.
“Her excuse was that she is outside the country. But a viral video of her visit to her constituency has since gone round,So, it is difficult to reconcile her claim of being outside the shores of the country with the information available to us.
“We don’t want to meddle in the ongoing intrigues in the Senate. But it will be scandalous for her to try to use the Police to join forces with her against his colleagues.”

Asked what is the possible next line of action, the source said his superior knows what to do with such a petition which he dismissed as frivolous.

I haven’t been invited– Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan
In her reaction, the lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district however denied Police claim that she has rebuffed invitation to shed light on her petition.

Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan disclosed that she hasn’t been invited of recent by the Police after Senator Karimi’s summon.
She said:” Apart from being invited to adopt my petition, I haven’t been invited.”