Video: Senate accuses Natasha of staging skit following attempted forceful resumption

Abdullateef Fowewe

Senator Yemi Adaramodu, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, condemned the suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, for what he described as “skit making and content creation” after she attempted to resume plenary on Tuesday.

Akpoti-Uduaghan, who was suspended for six months for alleging that Senate President Godswill Akpabio sexually harassed her, asserted that her return was justified by a ruling from a Federal High Court in Abuja.

Nevertheless, she was barred from entering the National Assembly complex.

During his appearance on Channels Television, Adaramodu contended that even in the presence of a court order, it was not Natasha’s duty to enforce it herself.

He said, “The National Assembly at large has a lot of roles to play. We are legislators and lawmakers, not spectators to be watching skit making and content creation.

“Initially I said all these episodes and saga is all about content creation, now that the content has been created, it’s now degenerating into a season film.

“We are not interested, we are lawmakers not actors, we are not interested in all these kinds of things.

“Even when any litigant goes to court and gets judgement, either the person feels that this is an order when that is not an order, the litigant does not enforce the order by himself or herself.

“There are court bailiffs who will serve orders on those that should be served as prescribed by the court.

“I know that Nigerians know that this is another skit making and a continuation of the content making episode by our own colleague.”