With the court judgment faulting the six-month suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, which has swelled the growing list of nullifications of suspension of members of the National Assembly by the federal lawmakers, it is hoped that the illegality will stop, Davidson Iriekpen writes
For those who have been keenly following developments in the National Assembly since 1999 when democracy was enthroned, the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja penultimate week faulting the six-month suspension slammed on Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by the Senate, was not a surprise but a laid down precedent.
In a judgment delivered by Justice Binta Nyako, the court described the suspension as “excessive.” It faulted the provision of Chapter 8 of the Senate Standing Rules, as well as Section 14 of the Legislative Houses, Powers & Privileges Act, declaring both as overreaching.
