The Senator representing Kogi Central district, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has insisted that she will be resuming at the Senate on Tuesday, 22nd of July 2025, in line with the judgement of the court, despite the appeal by the president of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio.

“I have pretty much two months more before the six months expire. However, I have written to the Senate again telling them that I’m resuming on the 22nd, which is on Tuesday, by the special grace of God,” she said.

“I will be there, because the court did make the decision on that. Now, they argue that it’s an order — it’s not an order, but it is a decision.”

Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is in her constituency for a training programme to empower her constituents, says even though her suspension did not stop her from working for her constituency, it hampered a major part of her responsibilities, which is to sponsor bills and motions on the floor of the Senate.

She said, “I did mention that every senator has three major functions. Legislative — which is the creation of laws and review of treaties. Then we have oversight — which is to oversee ministers and agencies. And then the third is representation — which I’m doing.

“Whereby I identify the problems and the challenges of my community, and I make sure I present them and have them captured in the federal budget. And I have done pretty well with that. Of course, I do miss putting up my bills there, but it didn’t stop me from working.”

The lawmaker said she has communicated her intentions to resume on Tuesday in a letter to the Senate.

SaharaReporters had reported last Tuesday that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, filed a notice of appeal to challenge the judgement of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja which ordered the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to the Senate after her controversial suspension.

The notice of appeal, obtained by SaharaReporters on Monday, is dated July 14, 2025, and was filed at the Court of Appeal, Abuja Judicial Division.

The appeal, marked CA/A//2025, stems from suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/384/2025, which was instituted by Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan to contest her suspension from the Red Chamber.

In the notice of appeal, Akpabio is appealing on 11 grounds and asking the appellate court to set aside the judgment delivered on July 4, 2025, by Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court.

The court had ordered the Senate to recall Akpoti-Uduaghan, describing her six-month suspension as excessive and lacking legal justification.

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