{"id":178245,"date":"2025-09-10T10:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lawyer-criticizes-nigerian-senate-for-double-standards"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T10:22:52","slug":"lawyer-criticizes-nigerian-senate-for-double-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lawyer-criticizes-nigerian-senate-for-double-standards","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer Criticizes Nigerian Senate for Double Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former Publicity Secretary of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Benin Branch, Douglas Ogbankwa, has described the Senate\u2019s suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as a case of \u201cdouble standards\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ogbankwa stated this on Wednesday, while responding to questions in an interview on \u2018The Morning Brief\u2019, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that the Senate acted improperly by suspending the lawmaker while her case was still before the court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing that is important is to follow the sequence of events. Both parties have been in arbitration to the law one way or the other. While she was still in court, the Senate proceeded to pronounce the suspension on her. As far as I\u2019m concerned, that is double standards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Natasha was suspended for six months on March 6, 2025, after a heated confrontation in the Senate chamber.<\/p>\n<p>She was accused of breaching Senate rules, but the lawmaker has since challenged the action in court, insisting her rights and those of her constituents were violated.<\/p>\n<p>Ogbankwa, however, maintained that though the senator\u2019s conduct in the chamber was unbecoming, the Senate had no constitutional authority to suspend her.<\/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. A former Publicity Secretary of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Benin Branch, Douglas Ogbankwa, has described the Senate\u2019s suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as a case of \u201cdouble standards\u201d. Ogbankwa stated this on Wednesday, while responding to questions in an interview on \u2018The Morning Brief\u2019, a programme on Channels Television. 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