{"id":152135,"date":"2025-02-21T20:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/theyre-planning-my-suspension-natasha-akpoti-uduaghan-alleges-senate-conspiracy-against-her"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:57:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T10:57:58","slug":"theyre-planning-my-suspension-natasha-akpoti-uduaghan-alleges-senate-conspiracy-against-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/theyre-planning-my-suspension-natasha-akpoti-uduaghan-alleges-senate-conspiracy-against-her","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They\u2019re planning my suspension\u2019 \u2014 Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan alleges Senate conspiracy against her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has accused the Senate leadership of attempting to silence her.<\/p>\n<p>Akpoti-Uduaghan made the allegation during an interview on Human Rights Radio on Friday, stating that she has faced intimidation since joining the Senate, and warning that plans were underway to suspend her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that right now, they are planning my suspension. If I am suspended, fine, it will not stop me from doing my work wherever I can,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Her claim follows a confrontation with Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Thursday, over the reassignment of her seat.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the change in seating arrangement was a deliberate attempt to diminish her visibility and limit her contributions to Senate debates.<\/p>\n<p>She further alleged that she has been excluded from key international events and denied official travel privileges.<\/p>\n<p>She also claimed she was recently removed from a Senate committee after some colleagues accused her of diverting resources from the Niger Delta to the North.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m facing a lot of harassment. I have been going through a lot and have remained quiet because I didn\u2019t want my words to be misinterpreted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want any lawsuits against me; I just want to be given a chance to work. A lot of my privileges have been denied. I have been removed from many international activities I was originally part of.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a United Nations event I was nominated to attend, but my name was struck out. They will not promote me in any international activity,\u201d she said.<\/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 lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has accused the Senate leadership of attempting to silence her. Akpoti-Uduaghan made the allegation during an interview on Human Rights Radio on Friday, stating that she has faced intimidation since joining the Senate, and warning that plans were underway to suspend her. \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":152134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[15912,254,53],"class_list":["post-152135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-natasha-akpoti-uduaghan","tag-nigeria","tag-senate"],"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>\u2018They\u2019re planning my suspension\u2019 \u2014 Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan alleges Senate conspiracy against her - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta 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