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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has called on Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to tender an apology, warning that the Senate is not a reality show.
Naija News recalls that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan had made two attempts to resume plenary after months of suspension by the Senate but she was prevented.
She had relied on the judgement of the Abuja Federal High Court, which she said nullified her six-month suspension by the parliament.
But in a statement on Monday, Kenny Okolugbo, an aide to the Senate President, disclosed that Akpoti-Uduaghan’s decision to approach the Appeal Court shows that the judgment she was relying on to return to the Senate did not nullify her suspension.
He pointed to Ground 23 of the senator’s appeal in the case Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan v. Clerk of the National Assembly & Ors, arguing that it contradicts her public claim that she was reinstated by the Federal High Court, calling on the suspended lawmaker to publicly apologize over her actions rather than relying on a non-existing court judgement.
The Ground 23 of the Appeal between Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan Vs the Clerk of the National Assembly and three others, reads: “The learned trial judge erred in law and abdicated her judicial duty when her Ladyship after rightly adjudging the Appellant’s suspension by the 2nd Respondent for a period of six months as excessive outside the contemplation of the constitution and the enabling act, as well as ultra vires section 63 of the Constitution, failed to expressly make a clear pronouncement SET ASIDE and OR NULLIFY same accordingly.”
Okolugbo stated that this clearly showed that her ill intentions were premeditated when she “invaded the National Assembly” on the 22nd of July 2025 with street urchins, describing Natasha’s actions as a media stunt and deeply irresponsible.
He said: “There was no official communication from the court to the Senate Clerk or leadership directing her reinstatement.
“Instead, she arrived at the National Assembly with cameras and supporters in what was clearly a staged spectacle.”
“The Senate is not a reality show. You don’t force your way into a constitutionally regulated chamber,” he added.
Akpabio’s aide noted that if the court had indeed ordered her recall, the Senate would have followed its internal procedures.
He said the Clerk would notify the Senate leadership, which would then deliberate before taking a decision.
He said suspension of Natasha was not personal but based on Senate rules and the Constitution, adding that it followed due process under Section 60 of the 1999 Constitution and the Standing Orders.
Okolugbo revealed: “All she needed to do was apologise publicly, and the suspension would have been lifted. Even the Brekete Family advised her to do so, but she refused.”
He maintained that her suspension did not affect legislative work in her Kogi Central constituency, revealing that her bills, including one establishing the Federal Medical Centre in Ihima, moved forward during her absence.
Okolugbo warned that the situation could harm female political participation if left unchecked, noting that “Nigeria has only four female senators. When one weaponises gender and distorts the truth, it undermines real struggles and damages credibility.”
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