Natasha’s highway again to the Senate clears finally

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is making ready to return to the Nationwide Meeting after serving out her suspension, her lawyer has confirmed.

Her counsel, Victor Giwa, advised journalists in Abuja that the Kogi Central senator is at present in London however will resume when plenary reconvenes on September 23.

“Really, she’s able to resume her time period. She’s in London. Every part is in place, and the six months have expired. The one factor left is her resumption,” Giwa mentioned, including that Senate management was additionally “able to welcome her again.”

Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended on March 6 for alleged insubordination after she rejected a change of her seat throughout plenary. The sanction stripped her of aides, salaries, and workplace privileges.

She has since insisted her ordeal was tied to a petition she filed accusing Senate President Godswill Akpabio of sexual harassment, a declare dismissed by the Senate.

Her try and re-enter the chamber in July led to a standoff, as safety operatives blocked her path regardless of a rally of supporters exterior.

With the suspension now expired, her lawyer says all authorized battles tied to the case will “fade away.”