The Director, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Sam Amadi, has faulted the Nigerian Senate for not letting Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, back in the Senate.
Amadi made this statement on Wednesday while responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television.
He described the action of the Senate as an abuse of senatorial privileges.
According to him, the Clerk of the National Assembly is not a parliamentarian and cannot authorise a continued suspension of a member.
He lamented that National Assembly members make rules themselves but do not follow them.
“This is a case of overreach. An abuse of privileges of the senators themselves.
“The National Assembly has the power to suspend its member, but that suspension has to be within the proceeding of that House.
“It’s totally wrong that parliament process awaits judicial determination. The parliament had immunity and self-control. In fact, judicial interventions do not stop parliamentary proceedings,” he said.
