Failed Bid to Jail Senator Natasha Fuels Suspense Ahead of June 27 Suspension Verdict
Efforts to have Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan remanded in prison collapsed on Thursday after an Abuja High Court dismissed the Federal Government’s application, dealing a fresh blow to political forces desperate to silence the outspoken Kogi Central lawmaker.
Justice Chizoba Orji ruled that the senator had shown readiness to face trial, granting her bail and rejecting arguments for pre-trial detention.
Now, national attention turns to June 27, when a Federal High Court will decide the legality of her controversial six-month suspension from the Senate—a case widely seen as the true battlefield.