Indications filtering out of the Senate have indicated that the red chamber is n
disunited in the suspension of the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over the heated dispute with Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
A ranking Senator who spoke anonymously disclosed that some Senators didn’t sign Natasha’s suspension report.
The ranking senator was reported by Vanguard as having come out that some of the senators are at variance with the development.
Already, some ranking senators including the anonymous source have questioned why the committee hastily made its decision. They argued that the hearing on the matter was initially scheduled for Tuesday, March 11, but was suddenly rescheduled and hastily held.
He disclosed that many Senators, including ranking members, were absent due to a tax reform retreat organized by the Senate Committee on Finance, yet the hearing was moved forward unexpectedly.
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“It was a rushed assignment. Why the hurry? Why didn’t the committee wait? The absence of ranking Senators from the process shows we knew where it was heading,” he said.
The lawmaker also insisted that due process was not followed as Natasha’s probe proceeded despite a court injunction halting the investigation. According to him, that’s why thirteen of them didn’t sign the suspension report.
