{"id":178044,"date":"2025-09-09T07:49:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T06:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/senate-insists-natasha-remains-suspended-despite-request"},"modified":"2025-09-09T09:24:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T08:24:59","slug":"senate-insists-natasha-remains-suspended-despite-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-insists-natasha-remains-suspended-despite-request","title":{"rendered":"Senate Insists Natasha Remains Suspended Despite Request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Senate has turned down Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan\u2019s request to return to legislative duties, insisting that her six-month suspension is still in force until the Court of Appeal rules on her case.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter signed by the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, the Senate acknowledged receiving the senator\u2019s notice that she planned to resume on September 4, 2025, which she said marked the end of her suspension.<\/p>\n<p>But the Senate pointed out that her suspension started on March 6, 2025, and added that the matter is sub judice since it is already before the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe matter remains sub judice, and until the judicial process is concluded, no administrative action can be taken to facilitate your resumption,\u201d the letter stated.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, was suspended in March after the Senate accused her of breaching its standing orders.<\/p>\n<p>While the Federal High Court in Abuja upheld the suspension, she has since taken the matter to the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n<p>According to the letter, the Senate will only review her suspension after the court delivers its judgment.<\/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 Senate has turned down Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan\u2019s request to return to legislative duties, insisting that her six-month suspension is still in force until the Court of Appeal rules on her case. In a letter signed by the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, the Senate acknowledged receiving the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":178043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[3469,254,53],"class_list":["post-178044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-natasha-akpoti","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>Senate Insists Natasha Remains Suspended Despite Request - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Senate has turned down Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan\u2019s request to return to legislative duties, insisting that her ...\" \/>\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-insists-natasha-remains-suspended-despite-request\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate Insists Natasha Remains Suspended Despite Request\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Senate has turned down Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan\u2019s request to return to legislative duties, insisting that her ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-insists-natasha-remains-suspended-despite-request\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-09T06:49:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-09T08:24:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757393861.96563.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1068\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"711\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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-insists-natasha-remains-suspended-despite-request#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-insists-natasha-remains-suspended-despite-request\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Senate Insists Natasha Remains Suspended Despite Request\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-09T06:49:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-09T08:24:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-insists-natasha-remains-suspended-despite-request\"},\"wordCount\":202,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-insists-natasha-remains-suspended-despite-request#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757393861.96563.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Natasha Akpoti\",\"Nigeria\",\"senate\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-insists-natasha-remains-suspended-despite-request#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-insists-natasha-remains-suspended-despite-request\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senate-insists-natasha-remains-suspended-despite-request\",\"name\":\"Senate Insists Natasha Remains Suspended Despite Request - 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