{"id":6393,"date":"2025-05-08T12:47:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1307007.us31.myftpupload.com\/?p=6393"},"modified":"2025-05-14T09:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:34:30","slug":"can-the-nigerian-senate-suspend-a-member-here-is-what-the-law-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/can-the-nigerian-senate-suspend-a-member-here-is-what-the-law-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the Nigerian Senate suspend a member? &#8211; Here is what the law says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On February 20, 2025, Nigeria&#8217;s Senate President Godswill Akpabio ordered Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) to be \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.fo\/yGcBz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thrown out\u201d of the red chamber<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after she defied him on the floor of the House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five days later (February 25), the Senator was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/UQ3ro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">referred to a Senate disciplinary committee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and subsequently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Q5QNv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suspended for six months<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> based on the recommendation of the Ethics, Code of Conduct, and Public Petitions Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is not the first time a lawmaker has been suspended by the Senate and\/or from the House of Representatives (the Red chamber). The two chambers (the Senate and the House of Representatives) made the Nigeria National Assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The suspension has taken several twists, including Natasha accusing the Senate President of sexual harassment, Akpabio&#8217;s wife suing Natasha and Natasha challenging her suspension in court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On social media, users have questioned the legality of the suspension, insisting that the Senate is not clothed with such powers constitutionally. For others, the courts were likely to overturn the suspension based on precedents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6396 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Natasha-Akpabioo-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Natasha-Akpabioo-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Natasha-Akpabioo-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Natasha-Akpabioo-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Natasha-Akpabioo-750x497.jpg 750w, https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Natasha-Akpabioo-1140x756.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Natasha-Akpabioo.jpg 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nigeria&#8217;s Senate President Godswill Akpabio with Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan at an event<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Does the law permit the Senate to suspend a Senator?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FactSpace Nigeria\u2019s checks in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/faolex.fao.org\/docs\/pdf\/nig164561.pdf%20-%201999%20Constitution%20of%20the%20Federal%20Republic%20of%20Nigeria\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> show that the National Assembly is vested with the powers to regulate their procedure.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Section 60, under the heading \u201cRegulation of procedure\u201d reads in part: \u201cSubject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Senate or the House of Representatives shall have power to regulate its own procedure, including the procedure for summoning and recess of the House.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further, Section 88 (1) (a) of the constitution states that each House of the National Assembly \u201cshall have power by resolution published in its journal or in the Official Gazette of the Government of the Federation to direct or cause to be directed investigation into &#8211; (a) any matter or thing with respect to which it has power to make laws.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Senate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/senateethicsandprivileges.org.ng\/p\/about-the-committee\/committee-jurisdiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, references the above laws on its website, before drawing on the Senate\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nass.gov.ng\/documents\/download\/11039%20-%20Nigeria%20Senate%20Standing%20Orders,%202015%20(As%20amended)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Standing Rules 2015 (as amended in 2023)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Order 97 (4) (a)(b) and (c) which it stresses grants the Committee the jurisdiction to consider all petitions referred to it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rule 8 of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ir.nilds.gov.ng\/bitstream\/handle\/123456789\/57\/Code%20of%20Ethics%20for%20the%20National%20Assembly.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y%20-%20Code%20of%20Ethics%20of%20National%20Assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Assembly Code of Ethics (2015)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also makes express pronouncements on sanctions for lawmakers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It reads in part: \u201cAny one or more of the sanctions set out below may be imposed with the approval of a simple majority of the Chamber. The severity of the sanction shall reflect the enormity of the breach. Account shall be taken of any remorse shown and of whether the offender is a first offender.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8.1 Reprimand, admonition, or censure to be administered in writing by the<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President or the Speaker as the case may be.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8.2 Apology to the Chamber, which may be oral or in writing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8.3 Withdrawal of privileges for a specified period.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8.4 Removal from positions of responsibility, including demotion and stripping of a Committee seat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8.5 Suspension from the Chamber or from a Committee for a definite period.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an interview with FactSpace Nigeria, Yusha&#8217;u Sani Yankuzo, Esq. Executive Director of Centre for Human Rights &amp; Social Advancement (CEFSAN) said: \u201cThe Nigerian Senate, like its counterparts around the world, has mechanisms in place to ensure its members conduct themselves in a manner befitting their office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHowever, while the Senate has this authority, it is not limitless. It must comply with fundamental constitutional principles, particularly: The Right to Fair Hearing (Section 36 of the Constitution) and The Right of Constituents to Representation. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, while discipline is necessary, it must be balanced with democratic and constitutional safeguards,\u201d he stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6395 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Natasha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Natasha.jpg 960w, https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Natasha-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Natasha-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/enspirefx.com\/royale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Natasha-750x563.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/> <em>Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan in her office<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>What other lawyers have said:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A number of lawyers have expressed varying opinions over the suspension of the Senator in a report by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/Q5QNv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Punch Newspaper<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Among them, the Chairperson of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Women Forum, Huwaila Muhammad, who told local media outlets that Akpoti-Uduaghan deserved a fair hearing before the decision was taken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTo start with I will say on the suspension, we are all lawyers and would like to see fairness across board. We know the allegation is very big and he who asserts must prove so we will want her to prove the allegations and we expect fairness in it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI see her suspension as a kind of intimidation; you cannot be a judge in your own court. If something affects you, slide by the side and let justice take its course because we need to see fairness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe question here is: Did the committee call her before suspending her? Did she refuse to come? Did she send a representation? If she was not called then what was the yardstick used in suspending her and if she was called and she refused to go that will be very wrong of her because she was called to prove her innocence and her refusing to honour the invite will be wrong,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On his part, Professor Itsey Sagay, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) said insofar as the matter was before the court, the courts should have the final say.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe matter is in court as I know and I\u2019m surprised they didn\u2019t leave it at that stage. I feel very sympathetic towards her because in an assembly full of men there\u2019s a tendency towards self-defence but the men rather than looking at the matter objectively, they didn\u2019t,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chief Awa Kalu, SAN, said: \u201cMy comment on the decision of the Senate is that it is hasty.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While Wale Balogun (SAN), argued that there are procedural steps that should be followed before the lawmaker was suspended.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLegally, it is an internal affair of the legislators and they have their rules of engagement provided in exercising their right and rules of engagement which they comply with as their own internal rules and regulations and then in addition to that, exercising such actions in compliance with the Constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018\u2019For instance, was she heard? This is a fundamental constitutional provision. The Constitution requires that your internal procedure notwithstanding, should ensure that the person is invited. She should have been heard,\u201d he pointed out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Two times court dismissed suspension of Senators; Senate vs Ovie Omo-Agege &#8211; 2018<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In May 2018, a Federal High Court in Abuja <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/tWjSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nullified a six-month suspension slapped on Ovie-OmoAgege<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the representative of Delta Central Senatorial District by Senate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was suspended for holding a press conference in which he alleged the Senate was plotting against then-President Muhammadu Buhari by amending the electoral act. The Senate Committee on Ethics defied a court order and recommended 181 days&#8217; suspension for Omo-Agege.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba said while the Senate has the constitutional duty to discipline a member, \u201csuch disciplinary measures must comply with provisions of the law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justice Nnamdi ruled that the Senate did not have the power to suspend a member for more than 14 days as stipulated in the standing orders. The suspension was reversed, and an order was made that the Senate pay Omo-Agege all his outstanding salaries and allowances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>The case between Senate vs Ali Ndume &#8211; 2017<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South senatorial district) also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ghostarchive.org\/archive\/Rhwr0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">successfully sued the Senate over his suspension<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the courts stating that the decision was \u201cillegal, unlawful and unconstitutional.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Justice Babatunde Quadri of the Federal High Court ruled in November 2017 that the decision to suspend Ndume for 90 legislative days (six months) was illegal. The suspension was over an allegation he made against the then Senate President, Bukola Saraki.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The judge also ordered the senate to pay Ndume all his salaries and allowances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Timeline of the Natasha suspension saga:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February 20 &#8211; Senate president orders Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to be thrown out after she defied him on change in her seat<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February 25 &#8211; Referral of unparliamentary conduct to Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions for investigation<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March 4 &#8211; Court stops Senate probe committee from proceeding with its work<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March 6 &#8211; Natasha submits petition against Senate President; Committee throws out the petition\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March 7 &#8211; The Senator was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/3\/7\/nigerian-senate-suspends-female-senator-who-made-sexual-harassment-claim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suspended<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for 6 months\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March 19 &#8211; Court vacates order against suspension probe\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March 24 &#8211; Petition to recall Natsaha presented by constituents to INEC<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 3 &#8211; INEC <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/pidgin\/articles\/c8dgmn9ynldo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dismisses recall petition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as it fails to meet constitutional threshold<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April 4 &#8211; Court bars parties from granting media interviews\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the general issue of Senator Natasha\u2019s suspension, Yusha&#8217;u Sani Yankuzo said: \u201cThe Senate should be setting an example by upholding the rule of law and promoting and protecting fundamental human rights, not stamping them out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPunishing Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan solely for peacefully expressing herself is unlawful, unnecessary and disproportionate. Her suspension would also have a disproportionate chilling effect on the ability of other members of the Senate to freely express themselves and exercise their human rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe right to express one\u2019s opinion is of paramount importance, not only because it oils the engine of a representative democracy but also because it creates a free and open environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe right to freedom of expression is a fundamental individual human right which is also a cornerstone of democracy and a means of ensuring the respect for all human rights and freedoms,\u201d he stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Researched by Alfa Shaban<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 20, 2025, Nigeria&#8217;s Senate President Godswill Akpabio ordered Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) to be 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