Get Ready To Resume At Senate: PDP Tell Natasha

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the senator representing Kogi central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to get ready to resume her duties at the Senate..  .Read ..Full.. Article.. .

Recall that Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended from the Senate for six months, starting from March 6, 2025. The six months elapsed on Friday, September 5, 2025.

However, attempts by the senator to resume her duties are being frustrated by the leadership of the Senate.

A September 4, 2025 memo, signed by the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Yahaya Danzaria, and addressed to Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, stated that the senator would not be allowed to resume her duties.

According to the memo, the case between her and the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, is still pending before the Court of Appeal, and that she cannot resumed until the matter is resolved.

But a statement on Tuesday by the spokesman of the PDP, Debo Ologunagba, condemned the actions of the Clerk to the Assembly as conveyed by his memo. It urged the lawmaker to ignore the Clerk’s memo.

“This reported action by the Clerk of the National Assembly smacks of a calculated attempt being orchestrated by the Senator Akpabio-led All Progressives Congress (APC) Senate leadership to abridge the right of representation of the people of Kogi Central Senatorial District and deny them a voice at the highest law-making body in the country.

“The attempt to use the National Assembly establishment against an elected Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in gross violation of the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,1999 (as amended) and the Standing Rules of the Senate is highly provocative and constitutes a clear and present danger to democracy and overall stability of our country.

“It also comes as parts of the antics being deployed severally by the APC-controlled Senate and the Federal Government to suffocate the opposition which further confirms the creeping totalitarianism in our country under the APC government.

“The reported action by the Clerk of the National Assembly against Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan further brings to the fore the allegations of attacks on the right of women and sustained attempts to stifle their voices as witnessed in the various accusations of harassment against women levelled against the current Senate President, Senator Godswil, and..  Read . .More —