•Senator Yemi Adaramodu
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, has slammed suspended Kogi Central lawmaker, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, accusing her of turning her attempted return to plenary into a content creation stunt.
Speaking on Channels Television yesterday, Adaramodu dismissed her move as political theatrics.
He said: “The National Assembly at large has a lot of roles to play. We are legislators and lawmakers, not spectators to be watching skit-making and content creation.
“Initially I said all these episodes and saga is all about content creation, now that the content has been created, it’s now degenerating into a season film.
“We are not interested, we are lawmakers not actors, we are not interested in all these kinds of things.”
He argued that even if there was a court judgment, the enforcement must follow due process.
“Even when any litigant goes to court and gets judgment, either the person feels that this is an order when that is not an order, the litigant does not enforce the order by himself or herself.
“There are court bailiffs who will serve orders on those that should be served as prescribed by the court.
“I know that Nigerians know that this is another skit making and a continuation of the content making episode by our own colleague.”
Akpoti-Uduaghan had insisted that a court had nullified her suspension and that she was entitled to resume her legislative duties.
The Senate, however, has yet to acknowledge the court’s decision or issue a formal reinstatement.
