Natasha takes the case against Akpabio at the United Nations, IPU

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Auduaghan, the central legislator of Kogi suspended, led his case to the meeting of the Inter-Parliament Union (IPU) to the United Nations of New York.

During the Women session in parliament held during the IPI meeting, Senator Natasha asked for justice and intervention by global democratic institutions, claiming that his suspension from the Nigerian Senate was illegal.

Natasha, who was suspended after a heated exchange with the president of the Senate Godswill Akpabio, claimed that he was the victim of having opposed himself to injustice.

He expressed concern about his safety, claiming that there were indications that could be retained against his will in New York for talking about the issue at the global event.

In a video obtained by Vanguard, Natasha was seen in sobbing as he presented his case.

His suspension from the Senate came after accusing the president of the Senate Akpabio of sexual harassment.

The accident aroused a debate widespread in Nigeria, with many who questioned the equity of the disciplinary action taken against her.

Bringing his case to the United Nations and IPI, Senator Natasha seeks international support against what he describes as a political oppression, further intensifying a situation already tense in the political panorama of Nigeria.

His words: “I come with a heavy heart from Nigeria. But first, I would like to apologize to the honorable … I’m not here to bring shame to our country. I am here to seek help for the women of Nigeria.

“Five days ago, on March 6, 2025, I was suspended as senator illegally because I presented a petition of sexual harassment against the president of the Nigerian Senate, the senator Godswill Akpabio. I thought that, presenting the petition, it would be released and both would undergo the Commission for ethics, the privileges and the public petition for a fair and transparent investigation, but unfortunately, I was silenced and I was suspended.

“I have been suspended for six months among many other rigorous conditions such as removing my safety, taking away all the official vehicles and other objects that have been delivered to me as a senator. My salaries will be cut. I don’t have to appear anywhere near the National Assembly and for six months I don’t have to introduce myself or introduce myself as a senator at the local level in Nigeria or international level.

“This means that I am illegally here, but I have no other place to go but to come here and talk to you women because this is a wider picture. It describes the crisis of women representing political. My suspension does not only concern me, but concerns the systemic exclusion of women from the political leadership in Nigeria. This is a clear case of political victimization, punishment for talking against impunity, corruption and gender violence.

“Senate’s actions are an assault on democracy. I was elected by my voters to represent them, yet some powerful men have unilaterally decided to silence their voices by suspending me for six months. My request for an open and transparent investigation on the accusations of harassment was accepted with hostility rather than responsibility.

“If a senator can be treated in this way in the full vision of the world, imagine which ordinary Nigerian women spend every day in workplaces, university.” [Vanguard]