The lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, following her six-month suspension by the Senate, has filed a contempt charge against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
Also listed as contemnors in the suit filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja are the Clerk of the National Assembly and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Code of Conduct, Senator Neda Imasuem.
Papers News reports that Akpoti-Uduaghan argues that her suspension constitutes a deliberate disobedience of a subsisting court order issued against the Senate leadership on March 4.