{"id":122199,"date":"2025-09-12T06:38:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=122199"},"modified":"2025-09-12T06:38:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:38:12","slug":"natasha-threatens-legal-action-against-nass-clerk-over-suspension-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/natasha-threatens-legal-action-against-nass-clerk-over-suspension-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Natasha Threatens Legal Action Against NASS Clerk Over Suspension Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has vowed to drag the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr. Kamorudeen Ogunlana, to court over alleged attempts to stop her from resuming legislative duties following the completion of her six-month suspension.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a letter dated September 10, 2025, and issued through her counsel, M.J Numa &amp; Partners LLP, the Kogi Central lawmaker accused the Clerk of acting outside the law by seeking to obstruct her return to the Senate. The letter alleged that Ogunlana\u2019s actions amount to violations of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers, incitement capable of breaching public peace, and other infractions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lawyers faulted a prior communication from the Clerk which cited sub judice as grounds for barring her resumption. They described this as a gross misinterpretation of the principle, noting that sub judice merely restricts parliamentary debate on active court matters and does not justify disobedience to court orders or the denial of constitutional rights.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cOur client\u2019s return to her legislative duties does not in any way prejudice the pending appeal. What prejudices the appeal is your unlawful obstruction, which assumes the Senate will inevitably prevail,\u201d the letter signed by Michael Jonathan Numa (SAN) stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They stressed that Akpoti-Uduaghan\u2019s suspension, imposed on March 6, elapsed on September 6, and that the Senate, having become functus officio on the matter, has no legal authority to extend or reinterpret the punishment. Any further attempt to stop her, the letter argued, would amount to double punishment for the same alleged misconduct.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Senator further cited multiple violations of judicial directives by the Senate, including a March 4 interim order by Justice Egwuatu of the Federal High Court barring disciplinary proceedings against her, and a July 4 ruling by Justice Binta Nyako which nullified the suspension as unlawful and ordered her recall.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite these rulings, Akpoti-Uduaghan noted that the Clerk, in a September 4 letter, sought to prolong her suspension \u201cthrough administrative interpretation, without a fresh Senate resolution or a valid court order.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The letter warned that persistent disregard for court orders erodes judicial authority and breaches Section 287 of the Constitution, which mandates all persons and institutions, including the office of the Clerk, to comply with court judgments.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Moses Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has vowed to drag the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mr. Kamorudeen Ogunlana, to court over alleged attempts to stop her from resuming legislative&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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