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The lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has finally returned to her office in the National Assembly after her office was reopened by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Red Chamber on Tuesday morning.
The embattled senator who was suspended for six months in March following her altercation with Senate President Godswill Akpabio over seating arrangements, officially got into her office in room 205 after it was unsealed by the Sergeant-at-Arms and a combined team of security operatives.
Following the reopening of her office, the lawmaker dressed in a black outfit, arrived the National Assembly complex with her supporters at about 2:30 pm and made her way to her office while her supporters chanted solidarity songs which led to a mild faceoff with security personnel who initially tried to stop them from entering the premises by firing teargas at the jubilant group.
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Following her resumption, Natasha took to her X handle to write:
“It is good to put institutions to the test; no one is more Nigerian than us. Senator Akpabio is not more of a senator than I am, and he treated me like I was his servant. We cannot cower in the face of injustice.
“Even though I was suspended illegally, I effectively carried out my duties as a senator to Kogi Central because I didn’t want them to suffer neglect.”
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