Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan resumed her Senate duties after a six-month suspension and publicly accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of running the National Assembly like a “dictatorship,” saying he treated her “as if I were his servant or a domestic staff.”
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, resumed her legislative functions on Tuesday after being suspended for six months. Her return was marked by a fierce condemnation of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, whom she described as operating with dictatorial tendencies.
Addressing reporters, she said, “Senator Akpabio is not more of a senator than I am—he’s not the governor of this place. Yet, he treated me as if I were his servant or a domestic staff in his house.” She further lamented, “at this time … we would have a National Assembly be run by such dictatorship. It’s totally unacceptable.”
Despite her suspension, Akpoti-Uduaghan insisted she continued working for her constituents, saying, “No day have I hesitated in effectively carrying out my duties as a senator of Kogi Central.”
She also thanked Nigerians, civil society actors, and political allies for their support during her ordeal, pledging renewed commitment to legislative service.