Human rights activist and Lawyer, Deji Adeyanjui has reacted to the response by the Nigerian Senate to Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan concerning her notice of resumption after serving six-month suspension.
The National Assembly Management declined Akpoti-Uduaghan’s request to resume her “legislative duties” after she completed her “six-month suspension” over alleged misconduct.
According to the National Assembly bureaucracy, Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension remains in force pending the outcome of the matter, which is now before the “Court of Appeal” after she appealed a ruling by the “Federal High Court in Abuja” that favored the Senate.
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In a letter dated September 4, 2025, from the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly (Ag. CNA), Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, the Parliament acknowledged Akpoti-Uduaghan’s notification of her intended return to the Senate.
However, the letter stated that her suspension took effect from “March 6, 2025,” and clarified that the matter was still “subjudice,” meaning she could not resume her duties.
The letter read, “The matter, therefore, remains subjudice, and until the judicial process is concluded and the Senate formally reviews the suspension in the light of the court’s pronouncement, no administrative action can be taken by this office to facilitate your resumption.”
It added that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan “will be duly notified of the Senate’s decision on the matter as soon as it is resolved.”
Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, was suspended in “March 2025” over “alleged misconduct” following a spat with Senate President Godswill Akpabio regarding a “seating arrangement” during plenary.
Adeyanju took to popular social media platform Facebook on his verified account to react to the response from the Senate to the Kogi lawmaker.
He wrote on Facebook: The right thing will be to file a fresh case challenging the refusal to let her resume after the 6-month suspension period and the unconstitutional act of the Clerk of NASS taking the decision when the law is clear that only her colleagues can take such an action in parliament.
They might drag it on and on but she should still file the action nonetheless for posterity sake.
This should be a good time to release the evidence against Akpabio so that she can win in court of public opinion.
See photo of the response of the Senate to Natasha below:
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