{"id":171060,"date":"2025-07-24T13:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/senator-natasha-reportedly-stopped-at-abuja-airport"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:11:20","slug":"senator-natasha-reportedly-stopped-at-abuja-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-natasha-reportedly-stopped-at-abuja-airport","title":{"rendered":"Senator Natasha reportedly stopped at Abuja Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was reportedly briefly stopped and thereafter released on Thursday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja by immigration officials.<\/p>\n<p>The incident allegedly took place while the Kogi Senator was trying to board a flight to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The senator was said to be traveling with her husband to attend the graduation ceremony of her stepson in the UK when the incident happened.<\/p>\n<p>According to report, Natasha was stopped and informed she could not travel because her name had been placed on a watch list.<\/p>\n<p>The Kogi Senator had been challenging her suspension by the Senate after she openly protested the change of her seating position.<\/p>\n<p>Natasha had also accused the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>However, Akpabio has denied the allegation.<\/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. Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was reportedly briefly stopped and thereafter released on Thursday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja by immigration officials. The incident allegedly took place while the Kogi Senator was trying to board a flight to the UK. The senator was said to be traveling with her husband to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":171059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[15660,254,13501],"class_list":["post-171060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-abuja-airport","tag-nigeria","tag-senator-natasha"],"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>Senator Natasha reportedly stopped at Abuja Airport - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was reportedly briefly stopped and thereafter released on Thursday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe ...\" \/>\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\/senator-natasha-reportedly-stopped-at-abuja-airport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senator Natasha reportedly stopped at Abuja Airport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was reportedly briefly stopped and thereafter released on Thursday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-natasha-reportedly-stopped-at-abuja-airport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-24T12:08:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-24T13:11:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753350199.458549.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/senator-natasha-reportedly-stopped-at-abuja-airport#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-natasha-reportedly-stopped-at-abuja-airport\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Senator Natasha reportedly stopped at Abuja Airport\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-24T12:08:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-24T13:11:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-natasha-reportedly-stopped-at-abuja-airport\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-natasha-reportedly-stopped-at-abuja-airport#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1753350199.458549.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"abuja airport\",\"Nigeria\",\"Senator Natasha\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-natasha-reportedly-stopped-at-abuja-airport#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-natasha-reportedly-stopped-at-abuja-airport\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-natasha-reportedly-stopped-at-abuja-airport\",\"name\":\"Senator Natasha reportedly stopped at Abuja Airport - 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