The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has denied claims that it seized the passport of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Akpoti-Uduaghan, who represents Kogi Central, had earlier accused immigration officers of withholding her passport on the alleged orders of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, preventing her from boarding a flight. She insisted she committed no offence and had no court order restraining her from travel.