Legal analyst Dayo Fadugba has criticised Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan over her recent attempt to return to the Senate chamber, describing her actions as a “self-serving drama” aimed at gaining online sympathy rather than upholding the rule of law.
Fadugba made the remarks while commenting on the senator’s appeal against a Federal High Court judgment which upheld her six-month suspension from the National Assembly.
Senator Natasha’s legal team filed thirty grounds of appeal, with one of the major argumentS stating that the trial judge failed to nullify the suspension, even after describing it as excessive and beyond constitutional bounds.
However, Fadugba argued that the court did not issue a binding order for her reinstatement.
He said: “The judge merely expressed that the Senate should recall her, not that it must. There was no binding directive.”
He criticised the senator’s dramatic entrance to the National Assembly complex, accompanied by supporters and media crews, calling it a calculated move to sway public opinion.
“It was a staged spectacle, not a legal or legislative procedure. This is not how a senator should behave,” he stated.
Fadugba warned that the conduct could expose her to further disciplinary action, stressing that decorum and due process must be respected within legislative institutions.
He urged the public to allow the judicial process to run its course and cautioned against politicising legal matters for personal gain.