Friday, September 12, 2025 - The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has criticised the Nigerian Senate over its stand-off with Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Afenifere, which expressed disapproval of the Senate’s
action, emphasised that the decision not to allow the Kogi Central Senator to
resume her legislative duties after serving a six-month suspension is petty,
oppressive and distasteful.
According to the frontline Yoruba group, the Senate’s action
portrays Nigeria as a banana republic and sets a dangerous political precedent.
Describing the Senate’s position as deeply flawed, the
Secretary-General of the organisation, speaking with journalists in Akure, Ondo
State, warned that the action could be exploited at other levels of government.
Expressing concern that a similar situation could affect the
suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, after serving his
suspension, Ebiseni maintained that the circumstances surrounding Natasha
Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension and the severe sanction left much to be desired.
He said: “It is an embarrassing misuse of language to still
describe the subject of such action as sub judice. To all intents and purposes
the handling of the Natasha saga from the very beginning left much to be
desired.
“The present decision is far beneath the status and stature
of the Senate and its members. It reeks of pettiness which portrayed Nigeria as
a banana Republic. Thus the decision to refuse her resumption even having
served the excessive penalty on the untenable ground that the subject matter is
still a subject of litigation is distasteful and oppressive.”
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