Kogi Central constituents have their unalloyed support for Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan amidst rift with the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, which led to her six months suspension from the Senate
Kogi Central constituents under the aegis of Concerned Constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District have declared that nothing can ever make them recall Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan.
According to the Coordinator/Convener Concerned Constituents Kogi Central Senatorial District, Hon. AbdulRahaman Badamasiuy, described her representation so far as quality representation and she warned against any attempt to illegally recall her by any group of individuals conspiring to work against the collective will of the constituents.
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In a letter signed by 70 constituents and made available to tribuneonline on Sunday in Lokoja described the suspension of the lawmaker from the Senate as illegal, stating that they are firmly with her in her pursuit of justice and called on the Senate to immediately reverse her suspension.
The letter reads: “We, the Concerned Constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District, want the Nigerian Senate, fellow citizens of our country and the whole world to know that we are firmly standing with and fighting for justice alongside our daughter and duly elected Senator, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on her illegal suspension from the Senate.
“Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan remains the one in whom we deposited our legitimacy as a Senatorial constituency, and nobody or groups of persons can unscrupulously violate our democratic and constitutional rights.
“We, therefore, wish to put the Senate, all Nigerians and the world on notice that Senator Akpoti Uduaghan retains our irrevocable legitimacy as our Senator that we, as constituents of Kogi Central, duly and massively voted for in the 2023 elections to serve her full term ending May 2027.
“All our communities that make up Kogi Central Constituency are resolute that we shall never trade off the quality of representation that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan has given to us since she assumed office in the Nigerian Senate as our distinguished Senator.
“We again demand that the Nigerian Senate terminates the illegal suspension of Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan because it unjustly denies our people of our constitutional right to federal representation in the National Assembly.
“We seriously warn against any attempt to further aggravate our constituency through any fraudulent attempt to illegally recall Senator Akpoti Uduaghan by any group of individuals conspiring to work against the collective will of we the people of Kogi Central constituency.
“The Nigeria Senate, reverse and terminate the illegal suspension order now to allow Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to continue her representation and exemplary service to all of us her people. Let no one provoke us any further while we look forward to having our concerned addressed within the shortest possible time.”
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