By Anthony Ochela
Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified the suspension of the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and ordered the Senate to recall her.
Justice Binta Nyako, while delivering judgment yesterday in a suit challenging her suspension, held that the six-month suspension violated the constitution and denied her constituents adequate representation.
Akpoti-Uduaghan had filed a suit challenging her suspension, arguing that it was in contravention of the constitution.
The court faulted the Senate’s decision to suspend the senator, declaring that it was “unconstitutional and unlawful”.
During its executive session on Wednesday, March 12, the Senate upheld her suspension despite a pending suit.
The Senate took the decision to suspend her for six months for allegedly violating its Standing Rules.
Her suspension came after she accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of sexual harassment.
28 Fire Victims Received N38m, Says NSEMA
FROM SAMSON ALFA, Minna
Niger State Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA, has disbursed over N38 million to 28 victims of a fire disaster in Minna.
Its Director-General, Alhaji Abdullahi Arah made the disclosure during the disbursement of cheques to some beneficiaries.
According to him, this followed a directive by Governor Umar Bago to extend sympathy to the victims of the 2024 fire disaster in Minna to cushion the effect of their losses.
He warned them and members of the public to always put off their electronic appliances when closing their shops or leaving home to avoid fire outbreak.
He noted that the incidents occurred last year in three different places; Tunga locust where many shops was razed down in February 9, 2024, Maitumbi where a house was gutted by fire and the occupants lost their properties and one victim at Chanchaga area.
Arah hinted that the governor’s magnanimous approval of the funds was a demonstration of his sympathy for the victims who lost their sources of income.
Speaking in an interview, one of the beneficiaries, Alhaji Mahmoud Mohammed, who is the landlord of the shops destroyed at Tunga, appreciated the governor for his kindness and sympathy to the victims who were already hopeless.
Another victim, Juliet Nwabuze appreciated the kind gesture of the state government.
