A Federal High Court in Abuja has pleaded to the Senate to consider recalling Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan who has been on six month suspension for alleged violation of the Senate rules.
The court, which conceded to the fact that the Senate has the power to discipline any member for unethical conduct, begged the red chamber of the national assembly to consider recalling her to afford her the opportunity to represent her constituency.
Justice Binta Nyako, in a judgment on the matter today, July 4, advised the suspended Senator to tender apology to the Senate as a precursor to her recall.
She held that under the Senate Rules, the Senate President is empowered to allocate seats for members and such a member is only allowed to speak from the seat allocated to him or her.
Justice Nyako found that since Natasha was not speaking from the sit allocated to her during the Senate’s sitting of February 20, she was not entitled to be heard.
The judge held that although the Senate could suspend its members, it should reconsider the period of such suspension.
