Senate President Godswill Akpabio has congratulated his colleagues following a Court docket of Enchantment judgment that upheld the six-month suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan initially imposed in March 2025.
Akpabio delivered these remarks initially of Tuesday’s emergency plenary session.
The Court docket of Enchantment in Abuja upheld the six-month suspension of Akpoti-Uduaghan, ruling that the Senate acted inside its constitutional authority and didn’t breach her basic rights.
In a unanimous judgment, the three-member panel of the appellate court docket held that Akpoti-Uduaghan’s parliamentary privilege and constitutional rights weren’t breached by the suspension.
Addressing senators, Akpabio stated, “Your guidelines derive from the Nigerian Structure, and the Standing Orders of the Senate should at all times be adhered to.
“Any group with out regulation and order will stay in anarchy, and so the suspension that you simply handed over to one in every of your colleagues for unruly behaviour within the Senate was confirmed by the Court docket of Enchantment.
“So, I’ll say it was judicially confirmed by the Court docket of Enchantment because the court docket went ahead to say that you’ve got the powers to self-discipline any erring officer of presidency.
“So, I stated I ought to simply point out that; congratulations, and that we additionally applaud the judiciary for his or her firmness.”