‘This Injustice Will Not Be Sustained’ Natasha Hails Self, Says Senate Decision Mere Suspension, Not Expulsion

The suspended Senator representing Kogi Central in the Senate, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has once again reacted to her suspension for 180 days from the Upper Legislative chamber, reiterating that the action was an injustice that will not stand.

She also said that it was a mere suspension from the Senate and not an expulsion.

LEADERSHIP reports that Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was earlier on Thursday suspended by the Senate for a period of six months over violation of Senate rules and other misconduct after a face-off with the Senate President Godswill Akpabio over seating arrangement in the Red Chamber penultimate week.

The crisis took a new twist when the female Senator days after accused Akpabio of sexual harassment, abuse of office and deliberate frustration of her legislative rights because she refused to yield to his advances.

Taking to her social media handles later this Thursday night, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan reaffirmed what she told her colleagues earlier in the day on her way out of the Red Chamber after her suspension was pronounced, when she posted that ‘This Injustice Will Not Be Sustained!’

She further hailed herself, saying: “Suspended, not expelled.

“Pierced but not broken.

“The voice may be temporarily tamed but cannot be silenced.

“I salute your courage, my distinguished Senator Natasha H. Akpoti, in the face of this storm

“My confidence is in the fact that, just like the other Storms, you will come out victorious and better prepared to serve your people.”