Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) on Tuesday resumed legislative duties after six months of suspension, declaring she owes no apology to anyone. Addressing journalists in her office shortly after the National Assembly management unsealed it, she said if the reopening was intended to compel her to apologise, “then the battle has just begun.” “I feel…
The Senate has reiterated that it will not revisit the suspension case involving Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, insisting the matter is now before the court. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (Ekiti South), made this known on Tuesday at a one-day capacity-building workshop for members of the Senate Press…
A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Clement Jimbo, (APC- Akwa Ibom) has called for further judicial clarity in the ongoing legal impasse involving leadership of the Senate and suspended Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. He made the call in a motion on personal explanation raised during plenary on Tuesday at the National Assembly in Abuja….
A legal practitioner, Ken Harries, says Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan cannot enforce a judgment of the lower court in which she has filed an appeal. The senior lawyer stated this in Abuja in reaction to the Kogi Central senator’s alleged invasion of the National Assembly (NASS) on Tuesday to resume her legislative duties. The News Agency…
The suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, says she will approach the appellate court for interpretation of the legal impasse between her and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. Akpoti-Uduaghan made this known while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday after being refused entrance into the National Assembly Complex by security…
The suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Tuesday made good her resumption as she stormed the National Assembly in company with her supporters. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akpoti-Uduaghan, who had earlier vowed to resume legislative activities on Tuesday, arrived at the national assembly complex at exactly…
The Senate has said that it cannot reinstate Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan until it considers the contents of the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the court judgement in the case involving her and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Sen. Yemi Adaramodu, stated this in an interview with…
The Federal High Court in Abuja will, on June 27, deliver judgment in a suit filed by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and co-defendants over her alleged unlawful suspension from the senate. Justice Binta Nyako, who adjourned the matter for judgment on Tuesday, held that issues of contempt claim by Akpabio against…
Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), former president, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has written a second letter to Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, demanding retraction of “her unsubstantiated sexual harassment allegations against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL) are lawyers to Akpabio. NAN recalls that Agbakoba in a…
The Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL), solicitor to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, says it is interested in finding out the truth about the allegation of sexual harassment against Akpabio. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the allegation was made by suspended Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. At a news conference in Lagos on Tuesday, Senior Partner…
