Senate Suspends Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan for Six Months

The Senate has suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghen for six months over her dispute with Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

Recall that the Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions recommended a six-month suspension for Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan,Newsmax Nigeria reports.

The recommendation was contained in the report of the committee, read at plenary by its chairman, Senator Neda Imasuen (Labour Party—Edo South).

The committee also recommends that her salary and allowances and those of her aides be suspended for the duration of the suspension and that her office at the Senate wing be put under lock and key.

Also, she must not be allowed access to the premises of the National Assembly while the suspension lasts.