Embattled Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday resumed legislative duties after the Senate unsealed her office, Suite 2.05, which had been locked since her suspension on March 6, 2025.
Deputy Director of the Sergeant-at-Arms, Alabi Adedeji, oversaw the reopening, declaring:
“I, Alabi Adedeji, Deputy Director, Sergeant-at-Arms, hereby unseal the office. The office is hereby unsealed. Thank you.”
Speaking after her return, Natasha remained defiant:
“No apology to tender.”
She thanked her supporters, saying:
“In retrospect, it is actually amazing how much we have had to pay in the past six months, from the unjust suspension to the recall. But we survived the recall, blackmail, and that crazy lady on Facebook.
It is amazing what we had to pass through, and I give God Almighty the glory and my deepest appreciation to the people of Kogi Central and Nigerians at large. To my husband, I love you dearly. I pray all men support their wives in the same manner you have supported me.”
Natasha also criticized Senate leadership:
“In everything, sometimes it is good to push the institution to the test. We can’t cower down in the face of injustice. No one is more Nigerian than us. Senator Akpabio is not more of a senator than I am. He is not the governor of this place, yet he treated me as if I were a servant or domestic staff in his house.
It is so unfortunate that we will have a National Assembly being run by such a dictator. It is totally unacceptable.”
Her suspension, which stemmed from alleged misconduct during a protest over her Senate seat, was declared unconstitutional by the Federal High Court on July 4, paving the way for her reinstatement.
