Suspended Kogi Central senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has arrived at the National Assembly complex to resume her duties, despite warning from Senate leadership not to do so.
Earlier in the day, a video making the rounds on social media showed increased presence of security personnel, including armed guards, at the entrance of the complex – apparently to prevent breakdown of law and order over Natasha’s return.
The lawmaker’s supporters were also seen converging at the entrance of the National Assembly complex in anticipation of her arrival.
Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan had on Saturday vowed that she will resume sitting on Tuesday, July 22 at the Red Chamber.
She cited a recent judgment by Justice Binta Nyako of the federal High Court judgment in Abuja to justify her position.
However, in a counter-statement released on Sunday, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, dismissed the ruling claimed by the lawmaker.
He clarified that the court merely offered an “advisory opinion” and not a compulsory directive to the upper legislative chamber.Meanwhile, when she attempted to drive inside the complex, her convoy was stopped, denying her entry into the premises.
The senator’s car was behind the vehicle carrying activist, Aisha Yesufu.
They later came out of the cars and proceeded into the National Assembly on foot with some of her supporters.
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