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The female Senator Senator Natasha Akporie-Uduaghan had earlier vowed to resume her duties in the Senate on Tuesday.
The Senate has now asked Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to stay away from its proceedings, saying the suspended lawmaker can’t resume yet.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu gave the warning in a statement issued on Sunday.
She noted that she had written to the Senate to formally communicate her intention to return to the Red Chamber on that date.
“I have pretty much two months more before the six months expire,” Channels TV quoted the Kogi senator as saying.
While insisting that no valid court order mandates her immediate recall, Adaramodu emphasised that the Senate remains committed to due process and the rule of law.
He said, “The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria wishes to reaffirm, for the third time, that there is no subsisting court order mandating the Senate to recall Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan before the expiration of her suspension.”