The Senate has maintained that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, remains suspended, defending its decision to stop her from gaining entry into the chamber on Tuesday.
Akpoti-Uduaghan had arrived at the National Assembly, insisting that her six-month suspension had been overturned by a court. However, security personnel reportedly acting on “orders from above” denied her access to the Senate floor.
Reacting to the development, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, dismissed her attempt to resume plenary as a calculated media spectacle.
“We are lawmakers and legislators, not spectators for skit-making or content creation,” Adaramodu said during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday night.
“From the beginning, I said all these episodes were about content creation. Now it’s being turned into a season film. We are not actors, and we will not be dragged into unnecessary drama.”
He noted that even if a court had ruled in Akpoti-Uduaghan’s favour, there are legal procedures that must be followed to enforce such judgments.
“No litigant enforces a court order by themselves. There are court bailiffs who handle the proper service and enforcement of orders,” he stated.
“This, to me, is another round of skit-making from our colleague.”
Despite her insistence that the court nullified her suspension, the Senate has yet to formally acknowledge the judgment or take any steps toward reinstating her.
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