Nigeria, May 8 -- The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said he will not resign his position despite pressure from some Nigerians over sexual harassment allegations levelled against him by the suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

Mr Akpabio stated this during Thursday's plenary after the senators debated and approved the tax reform bills.

He insisted that the allegations against him were false and politically motivated.

"I'm not one of those people who, as you say, will step down for false allegations. Then, when eventually it is proven that the allegations were false, they will say, oh, we are unfair to Akpabio. I'm not that bad. So, if you had that in mind, please cancel it," he said.

He questioned the rati...