The interfaith Women Alliance for Justice, Civil Society Groups and concerned Nigerians has issued 14-day ultimatum to reinstated suspended senator representing Kogi West Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and restore all her rights and privileges or it will embarked on series of activities against the red chamber.
Comrade Saratu Shekari, the spokesperson of interfaith women alliance for justice disclosed this while briefing in Kaduna Monday.
According to her, the senate must ensure all senators male or female are held to the same standard of accountability irrespective of their status or political affiliation.
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The groups demand an end the systematic persecution of women in Nigerian politics, adding that “If these demands are ignored, we will reach out to the Sultan of Sokoto, the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), and other religious bodies to ensure that this injustice does not stand.”
Now that “it has become a place where power is used to silence, where injustice is disguised as law, and where those who dare to speak are punished without mercy.
“The unjust suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is not just a political decision—it is a cruel reminder of how easily women, justice, and truth can be erased in this country.
A Woman Punished for Courage, While Others Walk Free:
She was not accused of stealing, corruption, or treason. Her only crime was refusing to submit to intimidation, refusing to accept injustice, and demanding fairness in a system designed to silence her.
Yet, for this, she was suspended for six months—stripped of her position, denied her security, erased from legislative duties, and left vulnerable to threats.
Meanwhile, history tells a different story for others:
A senator once led thugs into the Senate chamber to steal the mace—the very symbol of legislative authority. No six-month suspension followed.
Another senator publicly defied the Senate President and disrupted plenary multiple times. His name was never erased from the records.
A current leader within the Senate has been involved in multiple legislative infractions but has never faced this level of punishment.
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HOW DID WE GET HERE?
How did we become a country where a woman can be erased simply for speaking the truth?
How did we get to a point where justice depends on gender, and power is used to silence those who refuse to bow?
What does this tell the young girls who dream of leadership? That no matter how hard they fight, the system will always find a way to break them?
What does this tell Nigerians about democracy? That it is a privilege for the powerful, not a right for all?
If an elected senator can be treated this way, what chance do ordinary Nigerians have?