Senate Insists on Due Process Before Natasha's Recall

The Nigerian Senate has explained why it is yet to reinstate the suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, despite a court ruling ordering her recall. According to the red chamber, it will not act until it receives and reviews the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Federal High Court judgment which ordered her reinstatement.

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The clarification was issued by Senator Yemi Adaramodu, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday. Adaramodu stressed that while the Senate is committed to complying with the law, it must first deliberate on the contents of the official court document.

“The Senate had applied for the CTC since Monday. We expect to get the document, and once we get it, we are going to comply with the content of the court order,” Adaramodu said. "But first, the Senate will sit and consider the contents of the CTC, and when we look at the contents, then we shall take a position.”