Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has issued a formal rejoinder to the National Assembly, urging it to comply with a Federal High Court order mandating her recall to the Senate.
Gatekeepers News reports that in the letter dated July 14, 2025, addressed to the Clerk of the National Assembly through her legal team, M. Numa & Partners LLP, the senator challenged the interpretation of the court’s judgment, stating that the ruling was not merely advisory but a binding directive requiring her reinstatement.
The legal rejoinder cited specific sections of the Constitution, including Sections 63, 287(3), and 318, to argue that the court’s judgment—particularly Order 12 which states the Senate “should recall the Plaintiff”—carries a compulsory legal obligation.
Natasha’s lawyers emphasised that the suspension, imposed while the matter was still in court, had already been nullified by the judgment.
The letter further clarified that Senator Natasha intends to resume her legislative duties on July 22, 2025, immediately after the National Assembly’s one-week recess declared in honour of the late President Muhammadu Buhari.
The senator’s team maintained that compliance with the judgment is not subject to legislative discretion and warned that further delay would be met with appropriate legal action.
As of press time, the National Assembly has yet to respond to the rejoinder.
