It has been predicted that the Senate leadership may clash with the suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, following her threat to attend the plenary today.
The upper chamber is, however, bracing for a showdown and insisted that it would not take any official action on the matter until the review of the Certified True Copy of the court’s pronouncement.
Akpoti-Uduaghan had told her jubilant supporters in a video trending on social media that she would resume her legislative activities in the Red Chamber on Tuesday.
The senator also expressed gratitude to her constituents for standing by her, following the favourable court judgment that reaffirmed her position in the Senate.
But barely 24 hours after her threat to resume plenary, the upper legislative chamber said it would withhold any official action on the matter until it obtained and reviewed the CTC of the court’s pronouncement.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Yemi Adaramodu, said while its legal representatives were present in court, the full judgment was not read in open court.
Adaramodu added that they had filed a formal application to obtain the CTC for a clear understanding of the ruling and any specific orders made by the court.
The statement partly read, “Pending receipt and examination of the CTC, and acting on the advice of counsel, the Senate shall refrain from taking any steps that may prejudice its legal position.”
Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended for six months by the Senate in March after a rowdy plenary during which she accused Akpabio of sexual harassment.
