Senate President Godswill Akpabio has reignited discussion over a viral video that allegedly showed Senator Adams Oshiomhole massaging a woman’s feet aboard a private jet, saying the upper chamber could revisit the matter if new evidence emerges.
Akpabio made the remarks during Thursday’s plenary while responding to issues raised on the Senate floor. According to him, a petition linked to the video was previously disregarded after concerns that the footage may have been generated using artificial intelligence (AI).
The video, which circulated widely on social media in February 2026, sparked public reactions, with some Nigerians questioning Oshiomhole’s conduct. At the time, the former Edo State governor’s media team rejected the authenticity of the footage, insisting it was AI-generated.
Speaking during plenary, Akpabio said:
“I don’t want to go outside what we were doing. I would have asked a question, when there was a picture of our senator massaging the leg of a girl. Senator Oshiomhole, your very good friend, Senator Lalong, came to give me security information that we just ignored the petition because we thought it was AI. But if you have another evidence, we can look into it.”
The Senate President’s comments have again drawn attention to the controversy, months after the video first surfaced and generated debate across social media over its authenticity and the role of AI in creating misleading content.
As of the time of reporting, Oshiomhole had not issued any fresh response to Akpabio’s latest remarks. His earlier position remains that the video was manipulated using artificial intelligence.
Whether the issue returns to the Senate’s agenda will likely depend on the emergence of new evidence capable of establishing the authenticity of the footage….See More
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