The Senate has dismissed claims that signatures were forged in the report that led to the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, saying the allegation is false and unsubstantiated.

Senate spokesperson Yemi Adaramodu said the upper chamber will, however, review recent comments made by Senator Adams Oshiomhole regarding the matter.

Speaking in a telephone interview with *TheCable* on Tuesday, Adaramodu rejected Oshiomhole’s allegation that some lawmakers whose names appeared on the committee report did not actually sign it.

“That is not true. Signatures forged, over what?” he said.

Oshiomhole had earlier claimed in an AIT interview that some senators listed on the report did not append their signatures, alleging irregularities in the process that led to Akpoti-Uduaghan’s six-month suspension. He also referenced Senator Ireti Kingibe, saying she told him she only signed the committee’s attendance register, not the suspension report itself.

Adaramodu insisted that no such complaint was ever formally raised before the Senate, arguing that any objection should have been made on the floor of the chamber.

“If Senator Kingibe had anything against any procedure, she would report it on the floor of the senate, not to an individual,” he said.

He added that he personally participated in the ethics and public petitions committee that handled the matter and maintained that the process was properly conducted.

“Nobody will say that he or she was coerced or somebody’s signature was forged; that has never happened in the senate and it cannot happen,” he said. “Senators are independent-minded people.”

Responding to whether the Senate would sanction Oshiomhole over his comments, Adaramodu said the chamber would first examine the statements before taking any decision.

“We are going to review any statements made by him,” he said. “The senate will take a cursory look at either extraneous, spontaneous or intentional comments from any senator appropriately.”

He further stressed that the suspension process was openly debated in plenary, adding that there was “nothing to hide” in the proceedings.

“All Nigerians knew where we stood then on the issue of Natasha… that she ran foul of the senate’s orders,” he said.

Oshiomhole had claimed that at least three senators privately told him they did not sign the report, despite their names appearing on it.

Godswill Akpabio presided over the chamber during the March 2025 suspension of Akpoti-Uduaghan, which followed allegations of gross misconduct and unruly behaviour linked to a dispute within the Senate.