JUST IN: Nat’l Meeting Clerk Speaks on Senator Natasha’s Suspension, Makes Clarification

The Clerk to the Nationwide Meeting (CNA), Barrister Kamoru Ogunlana, has clarified that solely the Senate or the courtroom can determine the destiny of suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central).

In an announcement issued in Abuja by his Director of Data, Bullah Audu Bi-Allah, Ogunlana burdened that his workplace lacks the authority to evaluation or overturn Senate choices, noting that the CNA capabilities purely as an administrative arm according to the Structure and Senate Standing Orders.

He defined that solely the Senate or a reliable courtroom can determine whether or not Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan might resume legislative duties following her six-month suspension, which was imposed by the Senate on 6 March 2025.

Though the matter was challenged in courtroom, he famous that the Federal Excessive Court docket didn’t nullify the Senate’s decision, and the case stays earlier than the Court docket of Attraction.

The CNA mentioned he had conveyed Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan’s letter of 4 September, by which she expressed her intention to renew, to the Senate management.

Nonetheless, the matter was deemed sub judice, that means any resumption should await both a brand new Senate decision or a binding courtroom order.

“The Clerk is subsequently not able to facilitate her resumption right now,” the assertion learn, reaffirming the CNA’s dedication to due course of, constitutionalism, and the rule of regulation.

The clarification comes simply days earlier than the Senate reconvenes on 23 September.