‘You can’t resume yet’ – Nigerian Senate tells Natasha
The Nigerian Senate has issued a stern warning to the suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, to stay away from its proceedings, saying she could not resume proceedings yet.
The spokesman for the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, in a statement on Sunday, insisted that there was no subsisting court order mandating the Senate to recall the lawmaker before the expiration of her suspension.
DAILY POST recalls that Natasha was suspended in March 2025 for violating Senate rules after a seat arrangement brawl with Senate President Godswill Akpabio, whom she accused of sexual misconduct, an allegation Akpabio denied.
The suspended lawmaker, who relied on a recent judgment delivered by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had recently vowed to resume Senate proceedings on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
The Senate spokesman disclosed that the judgment did not contain any positive or mandatory order directing the Senate to recall Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan prior to the end of her suspension.
“It is therefore surprising and legally untenable that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, while on appeal and having filed a motion for stay against the valid and binding orders made against her, is attempting to act upon an imaginary order of recall that does not exist,” Adaramodu said.
‘You can’t resume yet’ – Nigerian Senate tells Natasha
