Senate leadership suspended Natasha in March 2025 for allegedly violating Senate rules after a seat arrangement brawl.
By Kehinde Okeowo
The Nigerian Senate has warned suspended lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, against carrying out her threat to resume legislative duties at the Red Chamber.
Addressing the matter on Sunday in a statement made available to journalists, spokesman for the Senate, Yemi Adaramodu, argued that there was no subsisting court order mandating the Senate to recall the lawmaker before the expiration of her suspension.
TheNiche had earlier reported that Natasha, who was suspended in March 2025 for allegedly violating Senate rules after a seat arrangement brawl with Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, vowed to resume Senate proceedings on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.
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According to her, she is relying on a recent judgment delivered by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Reacting to the notification by the Kogi Senator, Adaramodu insisted 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,” he said.
