Natasha has taken her case towards Akpabio to the UN and Inter-Parliamentary Union.
NewsOnline Nigeria experiences that Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the suspended Kogi Central lawmaker has taken her case to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly on the United Nations in New York.
On the Ladies in Parliament Session held in the course of the IPU assembly, Senator Natasha known as for justice and intervention from world democratic establishments, alleging that her suspension from the Nigerian Senate was illegal.
Natasha, who was suspended after a heated change with Senate President Godswill Akpabio, argued that she was being victimized for standing up towards injustice. She expressed considerations over her safety, claiming that there are indications she might be held towards her will in New York for talking out on the matter on the world occasion.
In a video obtained by Vanguard, Natasha was seen sobbing whereas presenting her case.
Her suspension from the Senate got here after she accused Senate President Akpabio of sexual harassment.
The incident sparked widespread debate in Nigeria, with many questioning the equity of the disciplinary motion taken towards her.
By bringing her case to the UN and the IPU, Senator Natasha seeks worldwide assist towards what she describes as political oppression, additional escalating an already tense scenario in Nigeria’s political panorama.
Her phrases: “I include a heavy coronary heart from Nigeria. However first, I’d wish to apologise to honourable… I’m not right here to carry disgrace to our nation. I’m right here to hunt assist for the ladies of Nigeria.
“5 days in the past, on the sixth of March, 2025, I used to be suspended as a senator illegally as a result of I submitted a petition of sexual harassment towards the President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio. I believed that by submitting the petition, he would recuse himself and each of us would submit ourselves to the Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petition for a good and clear investigation, however sadly, I used to be silenced and I used to be suspended.
“I used to be suspended for six months amongst many different stringent circumstances resembling taking away my safety, taking away all of the official autos and different objects that had been handed over to me as a senator. My salaries can be lower off. I have to not seem wherever close to the Nationwide Meeting, and for six months, I’m to not introduce or current myself as a senator regionally in Nigeria or internationally.
“Which means I’m right here illegally, however I’ve no different place to go however to return right here and communicate to you girls as a result of this can be a larger image. It depicts the disaster of ladies in political illustration. My suspension is not only about me—it’s concerning the systemic exclusion of ladies from political management in Nigeria. It is a clear case of political victimisation, punishment for talking out towards impunity, corruption, and gender-based violence.
“The Senate’s actions are an assault on democracy. I used to be elected by my constituents to signify them, but a number of highly effective males have unilaterally determined to silence their voices by suspending me for six months. My name for an open and clear investigation into harassment allegations has been met with hostility as an alternative of accountability.
“If a feminine senator might be handled this manner within the full view of the world, think about what strange Nigerian girls undergo day by day in workplaces, universities.”
