{"id":168626,"date":"2025-07-07T07:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/natasha-reveals-when-to-return-to-senate-amid-court-judgment"},"modified":"2025-07-07T07:17:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T06:17:00","slug":"natasha-reveals-when-to-return-to-senate-amid-court-judgment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/natasha-reveals-when-to-return-to-senate-amid-court-judgment","title":{"rendered":"Natasha reveals when to return to Senate amid court judgment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has revealed that she will resume her legislative duties in the red chamber on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Natasha made this disclosure while addressing jubilant supporters in a video circulating on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker expressed gratitude for their steadfast backing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thank you for your support. I am glad we are victorious today. We shall resume in the Senate on Tuesday by the grace of God,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja last Friday ruled that her six-month suspension from the Senate was excessive, unconstitutional, and a violation of the rights of her constituents.<\/p>\n<p>The court ordered her immediate reinstatement.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Binta Nyako also held that the post, a satirical apology directed at Senate President Godswill Akpabio, contravened a March 4, 2025 interim injunction barring parties from making public statements or social media posts concerning the case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has revealed that she will resume her legislative duties in the red chamber on Tuesday. Natasha made this disclosure while addressing jubilant supporters in a video circulating on social media. The lawmaker expressed gratitude for their steadfast backing. \u201cI thank you for your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":168625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,254],"class_list":["post-168626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria"],"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>Natasha reveals when to return to Senate amid court judgment - 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\/natasha-reveals-when-to-return-to-senate-amid-court-judgment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Natasha reveals when to return to Senate amid court judgment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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