The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the Senate to recall Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, declaring her six-month suspension “excessive.”
Justice Binta Nyako also fined her N5 million for contempt over a satirical apology she posted on Facebook, which the court said disobeyed its earlier order.
Justice Nyako, therefore, ordered Akpoti-Uduaghan to tender an unreserved apology in two national dailies and on her Facebook page within seven days of the order before she can purge herself of the contemptuous act against the court.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the lawmaker had, in a suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/384/2025 and filed on March 3, dragged the clerk of the National Assembly and the Senate; the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio to court.
Equally joined in the suit seeking court order to stop them from sanctioning her over her alleged misconduct was the Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Public Petitions and Privileges, Sen. Neda Imasuen
