Defiant Natasha faults suspension, says ‘this injustice would not be sustained,’ as Ezekwesili kicks

Our reporter/ Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Thursday described her suspension from the Senate as “an injustice that will not be sustained”.

The Kogi state lawmaker was suspended for six months after the Senate disciplinary committee found her guilty of breaching its rules in the wake of her sexual harassment allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

But a furious Senator Natasha faulted her suspension.

“This injustice would not stand,” the Kogi Central Senator said, vowing to continue the “pursuit for justice”.

Her suspension followed a recommendation by the Senate disciplinary committee which submitted its report to the lawmakers during plenary session on Thursday.

The committee probed allegations of sexual abuse and abuse of office against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

According to the committee, the 45-year-old lawyer had breached the Senate’s rules and thus should be suspended for six months.

Ezekwesili accuses Senate of abuse of power

Meanwhile, a former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has described the six-month suspension slammed on the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, by the Senate as a “vicious abuse of power”.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), on Thursday afternoon, Ezekwesili said instead of probing the sexual harassment allegations levelled by Natasha against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the red chambers “decided to choose the ignoble path of vicious abuse of power and desecration of our public institution”.

“When men because of little power fleetingly acquired start speaking like they are God, we all must remember what history reveals of their kind.

“Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. You have inspired a Generation. You have inspired all credible citizens. You will never walk alone,” she stated.

‘Investigate the accusation of sexual harassment is all that sensible Nigerians have collectively asked the @NGRSenate to do, but no, they have decided to choose the ignoble path of vicious abuse of power and desecration of our Public Institution @nassnigeria’, She wrote.