The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Senator Godswill Akpabio-led Senate to immediately allow Senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to resume her legislative duties as indicated in her letter to the clerk of the National Assembly.
SERAP made the demand in a statement shared on Facebook on Tuesday night.
On March 6, the Senate suspended Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months after a spat between her and the Senate President over sitting arrangement in the Red Chamber.
In a letter dated September 4, 2025, and signed by Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, the Senate acknowledged Akpoti-Uduaghan’s notification of her intended return on September 4, the date she claimed marked the end of her suspension.
The assembly insisted that Akpoti-Uduaghan’s six-month suspension remained in force pending the outcome of a Court of Appeal case she instituted against the Senate.
SERAP said the Senate cannot use the pending case(s) in court as a pretext to prevent the Kogi Central senator from resuming legislative duties. According to the rights group, this is antithetical to the fundamental notion of the rule of law.