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Abuja, Nigeria – THE Nigerian Senate Thursday suspended a senator after accused her president of sexual assault.

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan will be excluded from her office and will be removed from her allowances and security for six months, according to a recommendation from the Senate Ethics Committee.

The accusation made last week by Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of the four women in a 109-seat room, against the president of the Senate, Godpabio, was rejected by the ethics committee, citing the violations of the procedural rule.

“This injustice will not be supported,” said the senator on Thursday after being prevented from speaking and was escorted outside the room by the sergeant.

Akpabio denied any reprehensible act.

The percentage of women in Parliament fell to a hollow of all time since Nigeria returned to democratic domination in 1999, according to the Policy and Legal Advocacy Center, an organization which strives to strengthen democratic governance in the country.

Although rare in the Nigeria Parliament, this is not the first time that a case has been involved in its ranks. In 2016, Senator Dino Melaye was accused of having sexually threatened the Senator Remi Tinu, the current first lady of the country. He was not charged.

Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, the head of the majority of the Senate, said that Akpoti-Uduaghan should use his time far from his legislative functions to “learn the rules of the Senate”.

“I asked her what she would win if she tries to reduce the president of the Senate,” said Bamidele when examining the report on the Senate soil.

Critics, such as Chioma Agwuegbo, Executive Director of Techherng, an organization defending women’s rights, condemned treatment by the case of the case, alleging a bias.

“The ethics committee to which his petition has been referred has shown that he is not suitable for the objective,” said Agwuegbo.

Akpoti-Uduaghan filed a complaint against the president of the Senate, requesting 100 billion Nairas ($ 64,000) in damages. She did not respond to a request for comments.

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Abuja, Nigeria – THE Nigerian Senate Thursday suspended a senator after accused her president of sexual assault.

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan will be excluded from her office and will be removed from her allowances and security for six months, according to a recommendation from the Senate Ethics Committee.

The accusation made last week by Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of the four women in a 109-seat room, against the president of the Senate, Godpabio, was rejected by the ethics committee, citing the violations of the procedural rule.

“This injustice will not be supported,” said the senator on Thursday after being prevented from speaking and was escorted outside the room by the sergeant.

Akpabio denied any reprehensible act.

The percentage of women in Parliament fell to a hollow of all time since Nigeria returned to democratic domination in 1999, according to the Policy and Legal Advocacy Center, an organization which strives to strengthen democratic governance in the country.

Although rare in the Nigeria Parliament, this is not the first time that a case has been involved in its ranks. In 2016, Senator Dino Melaye was accused of having sexually threatened the Senator Remi Tinu, the current first lady of the country. He was not charged.

Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, the head of the majority of the Senate, said that Akpoti-Uduaghan should use his time far from his legislative functions to “learn the rules of the Senate”.

“I asked her what she would win if she tries to reduce the president of the Senate,” said Bamidele when examining the report on the Senate soil.

Critics, such as Chioma Agwuegbo, Executive Director of Techherng, an organization defending women’s rights, condemned treatment by the case of the case, alleging a bias.

“The ethics committee to which his petition has been referred has shown that he is not suitable for the objective,” said Agwuegbo.

Akpoti-Uduaghan filed a complaint against the president of the Senate, requesting 100 billion Nairas ($ 64,000) in damages. She did not respond to a request for comments.

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Abuja, Nigeria – THE Nigerian Senate Thursday suspended a senator after accused her president of sexual assault.

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan will be excluded from her office and will be removed from her allowances and security for six months, according to a recommendation from the Senate Ethics Committee.

The accusation made last week by Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of the four women in a 109-seat room, against the president of the Senate, Godpabio, was rejected by the ethics committee, citing the violations of the procedural rule.

“This injustice will not be supported,” said the senator on Thursday after being prevented from speaking and was escorted outside the room by the sergeant.

Akpabio denied any reprehensible act.

The percentage of women in Parliament fell to a hollow of all time since Nigeria returned to democratic domination in 1999, according to the Policy and Legal Advocacy Center, an organization which strives to strengthen democratic governance in the country.

Although rare in the Nigeria Parliament, this is not the first time that a case has been involved in its ranks. In 2016, Senator Dino Melaye was accused of having sexually threatened the Senator Remi Tinu, the current first lady of the country. He was not charged.

Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, the head of the majority of the Senate, said that Akpoti-Uduaghan should use his time far from his legislative functions to “learn the rules of the Senate”.

“I asked her what she would win if she tries to reduce the president of the Senate,” said Bamidele when examining the report on the Senate soil.

Critics, such as Chioma Agwuegbo, Executive Director of Techherng, an organization defending women’s rights, condemned treatment by the case of the case, alleging a bias.

“The ethics committee to which his petition has been referred has shown that he is not suitable for the objective,” said Agwuegbo.

Akpoti-Uduaghan filed a complaint against the president of the Senate, requesting 100 billion Nairas ($ 64,000) in damages. She did not respond to a request for comments.

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