Nigeria, May 3 -- The suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has denied an allegation that she offered financial incentives to an activist to fabricate damaging stories against Nigeria's Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.

In a statement released on Friday, Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan debunked claims made by a United States-based activist, Sandra Duru, popularly known on social media as Professor Mgbeke, that she was paid to orchestrate a smear campaign against the senate president.

During a Facebook Live broadcast on Thursday night, Ms Duru alleged that the suspended senator offered her N200 million to falsely accuse Mr Akpabio of organ harvesting and link him to the death of a young girl two years ago.

The activist presente...