{"id":154339,"date":"2025-03-07T23:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/my-suspension-illegal-i-remain-legitimate-senator-senator-natasha-blows-hot"},"modified":"2025-03-07T23:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:31:08","slug":"my-suspension-illegal-i-remain-legitimate-senator-senator-natasha-blows-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/my-suspension-illegal-i-remain-legitimate-senator-senator-natasha-blows-hot","title":{"rendered":"My suspension illegal, I remain legitimate Senator \u2013 Senator Natasha blows hot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Senator representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has rejected her six-month suspension from the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>According to Akpoti-Uduaghan, she remains a legitimate senator amid what she called an \u201cillegal\u201d suspension.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement in which she reacted to the decision of the Red Chamber.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst the culture of silence, intimidation, and victim-shaming, my unjust suspension from the Nigerian Senate invalidates the principles of natural justice, fairness, and equity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe illegal suspension does not withdraw my legitimacy as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and I will continue to use my duly elected position to serve my constituents and country to the best of my ability till 2027 and beyond,\u201d Akpoti-Uduaghan said.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Senate suspended the Senator for six months.<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid the allegations of sexual harassment she made against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension followed a recommendation from the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the suspension, Akpoti-Uduaghan\u2019s salary and security details would be withdrawn, and she would be barred from accessing the National Assembly premises.<\/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 Senator representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has rejected her six-month suspension from the Senate. According to Akpoti-Uduaghan, she remains a legitimate senator amid what she called an \u201cillegal\u201d suspension. This was contained in a statement in which she reacted to the decision of the Red Chamber. \u201cAgainst the culture of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":154338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[11955,254,53],"class_list":["post-154339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-natasha","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>My suspension illegal, I remain legitimate Senator \u2013 Senator Natasha blows hot - Nigeria<\/title>\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\/uncategorized\/my-suspension-illegal-i-remain-legitimate-senator-senator-natasha-blows-hot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My suspension illegal, I remain legitimate Senator \u2013 Senator Natasha blows hot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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