ABUJA — Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Thursday lightened proceedings in the Senate by teasing Senator Adams Oshiomhole over a viral video that purportedly showed him aboard a private jet with a woman, saying lawmakers initially dismissed the footage as a possible artificial intelligence (AI)-generated fabrication.
Akpabio made the remark during plenary while discussing petitions before the Senate, drawing laughter from fellow lawmakers.
“I don’t want to go outside of what we are doing… I would have asked a question when there was a picture showing one of our senators in a plane, massaging the leg of a girl,” he said.
Addressing Oshiomhole directly, Akpabio recalled that Senator Simon Lalong had advised him not to attach significance to the video.
“Senator Oshiomhole, your friend, your very good friend Senator Lalong came to give me security information. He said that we just ignored the message because we thought it was AI,” the Senate President said.
