{"id":152103,"date":"2025-02-21T10:40:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T09:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/senate-practices-autocracy-ordinary-president-reacts-to-natashas-clash-against-akpabio"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:54:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T10:54:23","slug":"senate-practices-autocracy-ordinary-president-reacts-to-natashas-clash-against-akpabio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-practices-autocracy-ordinary-president-reacts-to-natashas-clash-against-akpabio","title":{"rendered":"Senate practices autocracy \u2013 Ordinary President reacts to Natasha\u2019s clash against Akpabio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The host of Brekete Family, a Human Rights Radio and Television program, Ahmed Isah, popularly known as \u201cOrdinary President,\u201d has waded into the dramatic confrontation that unfolded in the Senate on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, clashed during a plenary session over a seating arrangement dispute.<\/p>\n<p>The altercation started when Senator Natasha discovered that her seat had been reassigned upon resumption of the session.<\/p>\n<p>Refusing to comply with the new arrangement, the female lawmaker challenged the decision, sparking a heated exchange in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>A viral video clip captured Natasha challenging the Senate President, saying, \u201cI am not afraid of you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the matter during the Brekete Family program on Friday, Ordinary President lambasted the leadership of the upper legislative chamber over the drama, accusing the Senate of practicing autocracy.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cAre we really practicing democracy? Because it is the National Assembly that should show us the example of democracy, but what we see, especially from the Senate, is autocracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe members of the House of Representatives are very wonderful human beings. I\u2019m just hoping that they will later graduate to the Senate, then Nigeria can move forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne man with a red cap will be telling someone\u2019s wife to keep quiet. Thank God she respected herself and sat down but later stood up again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was literally dragging her down. Where are the women\u2019s organizations? This thing happened yesterday, but up till now, no reaction, nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The host of Brekete Family, a Human Rights Radio and Television program, Ahmed Isah, popularly known as \u201cOrdinary President,\u201d has waded into the dramatic confrontation that unfolded in the Senate on Thursday. Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, clashed during a plenary session over a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":152102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[621,11955,254,15224],"class_list":["post-152103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-akpabio","tag-natasha","tag-nigeria","tag-ordinary-president"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Senate practices autocracy \u2013 Ordinary President reacts to Natasha\u2019s clash against Akpabio - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The host of Brekete Family, a Human Rights Radio and Television program, Ahmed Isah, popularly known as \u201cOrdinary Presid ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-practices-autocracy-ordinary-president-reacts-to-natashas-clash-against-akpabio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate practices autocracy \u2013 Ordinary President reacts to Natasha\u2019s clash against Akpabio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The host of Brekete Family, a Human Rights Radio and Television program, Ahmed Isah, popularly known as \u201cOrdinary Presid ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-practices-autocracy-ordinary-president-reacts-to-natashas-clash-against-akpabio\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-21T09:40:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-22T10:54:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740121937.721092.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-practices-autocracy-ordinary-president-reacts-to-natashas-clash-against-akpabio#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-practices-autocracy-ordinary-president-reacts-to-natashas-clash-against-akpabio\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Senate practices autocracy \u2013 Ordinary President reacts to Natasha\u2019s clash against Akpabio\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-21T09:40:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-22T10:54:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-practices-autocracy-ordinary-president-reacts-to-natashas-clash-against-akpabio\"},\"wordCount\":275,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-practices-autocracy-ordinary-president-reacts-to-natashas-clash-against-akpabio#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740121937.721092.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Akpabio\",\"Natasha\",\"Nigeria\",\"Ordinary President\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-practices-autocracy-ordinary-president-reacts-to-natashas-clash-against-akpabio#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-practices-autocracy-ordinary-president-reacts-to-natashas-clash-against-akpabio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-practices-autocracy-ordinary-president-reacts-to-natashas-clash-against-akpabio\",\"name\":\"Senate practices autocracy \u2013 Ordinary President reacts to Natasha\u2019s clash against Akpabio - 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