All eyes on Akpabio as Senator Natasha vows to resume at Senate Tuesday
By OUR REPORTER, Lokoja
The Natasha’s experience is coming on the ground of general belief that the current ruling class in Nigeria are destroying opposition at all cost and are also allegedly using the judiciary as tool to perpetrate the undemocratic act like they are currently doing to weaken any move taken by opposition coalition in the country to challenge them in the 2027 elections.
Attention of the world has been drawn to the undermining of democratic principle by members of the Nigerian ruling class, especially the president of the country Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Debate President God’swill Akpabio with the way they tactically make effort to weaken and destroy opposition and still pretend to be the best of democrats on the planet earth.
This is as all eyes are focusing on Akpabio whose alleged anti-democratic actions appear to be causing crisis in the National Assembly leading to decision by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Senator representing Kogi Central District, insisting that she will resume at the Senate on Tuesday, 22nd of July 2025, in line with the judgement of the court.
This she said will happen despite attempt by Senate President God’swill Akpabio to stop the court’s judgement favouring her resumption through an appeal in the Court of Appeal.
Akpabio currently is generally viewed as one of Nigerian politicians allegedly making the mess of courts as by mood in the public life in the country may lead to citizens no longer obeying any judiciary decision soon if this persists, it was gathered.
The Natasha’s experience is coming on the ground of general belief that the current ruling class in Nigeria are destroying opposition at all cost and are also allegedly using the judiciary as tool to perpetrate the undemocratic act like they are currently doing to weaken any move taken by opposition coalition in the country to challenge them in the 2027 elections.
“I have pretty much two months more before the six months expire. However, I have written to the Senate again telling them that I’m resuming on the 22nd, which is on Tuesday, by the special grace of God,” Natasha said in her Ihima hometown of Kogi on Saturday.
“I will be there, because the court did make the decision on that. Now, they argue that it’s an order — it’s not an order, but it is a decision.”
Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is in her constituency for a training programme to empower her constituents, says that though her suspension did not stop her from working for her constituency, it hampered a major part of her responsibilities — which is to sponsor bills and motions on the floor of the Senate.
She said, “I did mention that every senator has three major functions. Legislative — which is the creation of laws and review of treaties. Then we have oversight — which is to oversee ministers and agencies. And then the third is representation — which I’m doing.
“Whereby I identify the problems and the challenges of my community, and I make sure I present them and have them captured in the federal budget. And I have done pretty well with that. Of course, I do miss putting up my bills there, but it didn’t stop me from working.”
The lawmaker said she has communicated her intentions to resume on Tuesday in a letter to the Senate.
On March 6, the Senate suspended Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months for breaching its rules.
The suspension came amid her allegation of sexual harassment against Senator Akpabio. The Kogi lawmaker, however, took the matter to court, challenging her suspension.
In July, the Federal High Court, Abuja, asked the Senate to recall her from the suspension. The Senate president, however, is appealing the matter and has taken it to the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
In the meantime, all eyes on Senator Akpabio is to see what action he will take to stop the Senator, equally elected like himself, to represent her Kogi Central people like he is representing his district of Akwa Ibom in the Debate.
