Senator Natasha, Writes To Senate, Vows To Resume Tuesday

By Adesina Soyooye

The suspended Senator representing Kogi Central District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has given notice to the Senate, in writing, that she would resume plenary on Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

Akpoti-Uduaghan’s resolve to resume comes on the heels of the appeal filed by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio against the ruling of a Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by the Honourable Justice Binta Nyako who voided the six months suspension placed on Akpoti-Uduaghan by the Senate which cited misconduct.

But ruling on the case, the Court quashed the suspension likening the six months suspension as an overkill which did not consider its effect on her constituents. It, however, found the Senator guilty of contempt of Court and asked her to publish an apology in two national newspapers, and pay a fine to the tune of five million Naira, only.

Since the Court’s ruling, however, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan has not been able to resume at plenary because the leadership of the Senate has continued to throw in one obstacle or the other on her way of resumption.

But now, two weeks since that ruling, Akpoti-Uduaghan who spoke on Channels Television, Saturday, said she has written a letter to the Senate stating his avowed intention to resume plenary  on Tuesday, the 22nd of July.

Her words: “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.

“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; it is a decision.”

Recall that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended from the Senate for six months on March 6, 2025, over seating arrangements in the Senate Chambers. A new seat was allocated to her, but she refused, protested it, and desperately wanted to talk from her former seat. But she was overruled and denied any opportunity to say her beat unless she took the new seat allocated to her. The situation degenerated into a shouting match and she was walked out of the Senate Chambers. However, the case worsened when she pointed out that her problem with Senate President Akpabio was because she refused to have an inappropriate relationship with him. The case has lingered on since then.