{"id":122458,"date":"2025-09-24T15:54:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=122458"},"modified":"2025-09-24T15:54:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T14:54:49","slug":"natasha-returns-refuses-to-tender-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/natasha-returns-refuses-to-tender-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"Natasha Returns, Refuses to Tender Apology\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central on Tuesday resumed legislative duties at the National Assembly, shortly after her office was officially unsealed by the Sergeant-at-Arms.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her office, Suite 2.05 of the Senate Wing, had been locked since March 6, 2025, following her suspension by Senate leadership. The seal was removed by Deputy Director of the Sergeant-at-Arms, Alabi Adedeji, who declared in a short video:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI, Alabi Adedeji, Deputy Director, Sergeant-at-Arms, hereby unseal the office. The office is hereby unsealed. Thank you.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking after reclaiming her office, Senator Natasha, who has been at loggerheads with Senate President Godswill Akpabio, said she remained resolute and had no regrets.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn 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.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">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.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The senator accused Akpabio of running the Senate with a heavy hand.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn everything, sometimes it is good to push the institution to the test. We can\u2019t 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.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is so unfortunate that we will have a National Assembly being run by such a dictator. It is totally unacceptable.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended for six months in March over alleged misconduct after protesting the reassignment of her seat on February 20. Though her suspension formally ended in September, she was barred from resuming amid a protracted legal battle with Senate leadership.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On July 4, the Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that her suspension was excessive and unconstitutional. Despite the ruling, the Senate initially ignored her request to return.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With her office now reopened, questions remain as to whether she will regain full privileges and be allowed to sit with colleagues when plenary resumes on October 7.<\/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 Lizzy Chirkpi Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central on Tuesday resumed legislative duties at the National Assembly, shortly after her office was officially unsealed by the Sergeant-at-Arms. 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