Despite Court verdict, Senate sets conditions for SenatorNatasha’s return

MaTaZ ArIsInG
Dallas, Texas

THE Senate has outlined conditions for the reinstatement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, despite a Federal High Court ruling in Abuja that nullified her six-month suspension.

In response to the judgment, Senate Spokesperson Yemi Adaramodu said that the Red Chamber would not reinstate the embattled Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan immediately.

Adaramodu noted that the court judgment did not override the Senate’s constitutional powers to discipline its members.

“Which judgment are we appealing when they (the court) said the Senate has the right to discipline its erring members? The court has not ousted the Senate’s statutory right to punish any erring senator.

“It was established that the senator in question erred. The court has already told her to go and do some things, like restitution, so after the restitution, the Senate will now sit again and consider the content of that restitution, and that will inform our next line of action,” Adaramodu said.

The Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja on Friday, July 4, ordered the Nigerian Senate to recall the suspended senator Akpoti-Uduaghan.

The judge, Binta Nyako, described as extreme the six-month suspension that was imposed on the lawmaker by the Senate.

The judge faulted the provision in Chapter 8 of the Senate Standing Rules, as well as Section 14 of the Legislative Houses, Powers, and Privileges Act, declaring both to be overextending.

However, Adaramodu explained that the Senate would only reconvene to deliberate on the issue once Akpoti-Uduaghan complies with the court’s directives.

“The onus is no more on us now; it is already on her doorstep to go and apologise. Once she does that, then the Senate will sit and determine how to deal with her matter.

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