Source: ABC News
“The Nigerian Senate on Thursday suspended a female senator after she accused its presiding officer of sexual assault. Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan will be barred from her office and have her allowances and security withdrawn for six months, according to a recommendation by the Senate’s ethics committee. The accusation made last week by Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of the only four women in a 109-seat chamber, against Senate President Godswill Akpabio was rejected by the ethics committee, citing procedural rule violations. ‘This injustice will not be sustained,’ the senator said on Thursday after she was prevented from speaking and escorted out of the chamber by the sergeant-at-arms. Akpabio has denied any wrongdoing.” (03/06/25)