Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has hailed the unsealing of the office of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Kogi Central lawmaker who was suspended by the Senate for six months in March.
Atiku described the development as a sign that the voice of reason has prevailed, affirming that “when we stand together, we can triumph over tyranny.”
The opposition leader said that Natasha’s suspension, that of Governor Simi Fubara and lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly, as well as the alleged weaponisation of state institutions to harass and intimidate opposition voices are not isolated acts.
According to him, these actions are deliberate moves by the Tinubu administration “to subvert our hard-earned democracy and compromise the will of the people at any cost” as the 2027 elections draw near.
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Channels Television reports that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday, returned to her office at the National Assembly, six months after she was suspended by the leadership of the Senate.
The senator entered her office, located in Suite 2.05 of the Senate Wing, after it was opened by the Deputy Director, Sergeant-at-Arms, Alabi Adedeji.
Although the Senate is currently on recess and is expected to resume plenary on October 7, 2025, her supporters cheered and danced as they accompanied her from the FCT High Court, where she appeared in a case of alleged defamation filed against her by the Federal Government, to the NASS Complex.
Suspension
Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended over the alleged violation of the Senate’s standing rules, a decision that sparked mixed reactions.
Civil society organisations and opposition politicians condemned the Senate’s action, but the upper chamber defended its decision.
The PDP senator had approached the court in July over the matter and made an unsuccessful attempt to resume sitting.
While the matter is still in court, the lawmaker served out her six-month suspension in September and declared her intention to return to her duty.
She wrote to the Senate, informing it of her intention to resume, but the lawmakers, while acknowledging her letter, said they would not take action on it until the end of the court process.
“The matter remains sub judice, and until the judicial process is concluded, no administrative action can be taken to facilitate your resumption,” a reply by the Senate read in part.
The Senate maintained that her six-month suspension, which began on 6 March 2025, would only be reviewed after the Court of Appeal’s decision.
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