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Aisha Yesufu, a human rights activist, criticizes the use of taxpayers’ money to pay for what she describes as a personal dispute between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and Senate President Godswill Akpabio.

Yesufu claimed she had seen no sexual harassment during court hearings on Monday and Tuesday and that she had seen no such thing on Channels Television’s breakfast program, The Morning Brief, on Wednesday.

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“I just heard that the court was addressing sexual harassment. That is not something I am aware of.

She said, “The question we should all be asking is why taxpayers’ money is being wasted on an issue that involves two senators.

Yesufu argued that if the Senate President feels personally detested, he should file a private legal case as opposed to dragging the Senate and federal resources into the issue.

If the Senate President has any disagreements with her, he should proceed.

Why are we involving the entire state and institutions in it? she inquired.

Yesufu noted that a judge had declared Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suspension unconstitutional in response to related proceedings.

She said, “The judiciary needs to really sit down and take back its independence so that it can say, “Get back into your office.”

The activist urged Nigerians to hold all 109 senators accountable for spending public money and legislative time, particularly when personal political disputes become state issues.

Senate Suspension

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s comments come after her office is closed on Tuesday and she has been reinstated in the National Assembly after serving for a six-month suspension.

Hours after the sergeant-at-arms unlocked the office on Tuesday, the senator accompanied her supporters to her home in Suite 2.05 of the Senate wing.

The Senate in March suspended the senator over alleged standing rules violations.

She admitted to reporters that her suspension was against the law when she first entered her place of employment on Tuesday.

“I’m happy to be here, for me.”

Yusuf Gadgi, a member of the House of Representatives, has warned that state police can’t be relied upon to oversee policing in the states.

Gadgi, who is the House Committee on Defense, made a statement on Tuesday’s Politics Today program on Channel 4.

The lawmaker argued that more effective community policing and that enraging governors would only make things worse insecurity.

However, he did point out that community policing with proper funding remained a safer choice than state policing.

The lawmaker called killings connected to transnational assaults “very unfortunate and tormenting”

Gadgi added that Plateau and other regions’ insecurity had worsened as a result of the fact that forest reserves had become “safe havens for bandits and kidnappers.”

He defended President Bola Tinubu’s administration, noting that it had supported security organizations and provided resources.

Samuel Aina, one of the party leaders from Oshodi/Isolo, passed away, according to the Lagos State House of Assembly.

Stephen Ogundipe, the chairman of the House Committee on Information, Security, and Strategy, made this announcement in the plenary on Tuesday.

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He cited late Aina’s significant accomplishments, including her leadership of the council’s local government from 1999 to 2003.

He claimed that these included the construction of the local government secretariat’s current building.

Ajomale Oladipo, the lawmaker for Oshodi/Isolo Constituency II, claimed in his remark that the former chairman was a leader deserving of admiration and had impeccable character.

The late Aina was a father figure whose legacy is unmatched, according to the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa.

After that, he instructed Olalekan Onafeko, the house clerk, to send a condolence letter to the deceased’s family.

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Following the suspension for a six-month period that led to the removal of her office on Tuesday, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has since returned to the National Assembly.

Just hours after the Sergeant-at-Arms unlocked her office, which is located in Suite 2.05 of the Senate wing, the senator arrived at the National Assembly complex with her supporters.

The Senate in March suspended the Kogi Central Senator over alleged standing rules violations.

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