Speaking in Lokoja at a news conference, the association’s spokesperson, Christy Omale, praised the Senate’s six-month suspension of Akpoti-Uduaghan, citing her gross misconduct and unruly behaviour.
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Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a ruling, vacated the suit after listening to the arguments of counsel for the plaintiff and lawyers to the defendants in the suit.
Once Akpabio succeeds in quenching this, my message for him is clear, don’t start the fire, because the “axis of evil” presents a clear and present danger.
It is customary worldwide for parliaments to have set rules all members are bound to adhere to and there are penalties for flouting them
Akpoti-Uduaghan presented her case at an IPU meeting held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
The question that agitated the minds of many onlookers was that at what point did the chummy relationship between the duo go south?
Minister of Women Affairs and Social Welfare, Hajia Imaan Suleiman, disclosed this to State House correspondents during a Meet-the-Press Programme that comes on the heels of the International Women’s Day, IWD, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Friday.
Earlier, the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions recommended her suspension and also advocated that her salary and security details will be withdrawn during the period of her suspension.
The Committee also dismissed Akpoti-Uduaghan’s claims that Akpabio had been silencing her voice in the chamber, describing the allegations as frivolous.
The committee also recommended that the Kogi lawmaker must apologise to the Senate for ‘disrespecting the Senate.”
Following the presentation, Senate President Akpabio inquired whether there were any legal impediments to accepting the petition.
The groups gathered at the assembly gate as early as 8 a.m. ahead of the resumption of Wednesday’s plenary.
The presiding judge, Obiora Egwuatu, gave the order on Tuesday following an ex parte application filed by Akpoti-Uduaghan’s counsel.
Afenifere also called on the Senate Committee to investigate the allegation levelled against the Senate President.
Adaramodu made this disclosure while speaking on Arise TV’s Morning Show on Monday.
Many have berated her on why a trifling matter of space/seat allocation on the floor of the parliament should get her that worked up.
The two-term governor of Kwara State said this is the only way to protect the institution of the National Assembly and not individuals
He said, “I have watched from afar the recent development in the Senate between the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Senator from Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The dispute between Akpoti-Uduaghan and Akpabio began after she refused to sit in a designated seat during a Senate session, citing Order 10 of the Senate Standing Rules.
The drama between Akpabio and the representative of Kogi Central Senatorial District occurred during plenary on Thursday.