A communications and strategy consultant to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Ken Okolugbo, has insisted that the lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, cannot resume her legislative duties without complying with laid-down procedures and offering an apology to the Senate for her past conduct.
Speaking on Arise News on Sunday, Okolugbo argued that the recent court pronouncement favouring Senator Natasha was not legally binding, but rather an obiter dictum, a judicial remark made in passing without enforceable effect.
Okolugbo dismissed reports that the court ruling immediately reinstated the embattled senator. He stressed that even if the ruling were binding, Natasha’s return to the red chamber would still require clearance through the Clerk of the National Assembly and the Senate leadership.
