Will Senate President Akpabio Obey Court Order to Reinstate Akpoti-Uduaghan?
On July 4, 2025, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja delivered a landmark ruling: the Nigerian Senate’s six-month suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was unlawful and undemocratic. The court ordered her immediate reinstatement, declaring that the Senate had no authority to silence her voice or disenfranchise the over 300,000 constituents of…