In yet another episode of National Assembly: The Reality Show, the Red Chamber has once again given Nigerians a front-row seat to premium legislative entertainment. This time, the stars of the show are Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, and the plot? A classic mix of politics, power, and a seating arrangement gone wrong.
Senator Natasha, representing Kogi Central, is no stranger to political battles. After fighting tooth and nail (and courtroom gavel) to reclaim her Senate mandate from the cold grip of electoral injustice, one would think she had earned a moment of peace. But alas, the political gods had other plans.
The latest clash? A dispute over where she should park her distinguished self in the hallowed chambers of the Senate. While she insists that her seat was changed in a manner unbecoming of her status, Akpabio believes she should simply accept her new location and move on—literally.
But if there’s anything Nigerians know, it’s that when a senator is pushed, they push back—preferably with a lawsuit. Senator Natasha has now taken the battle beyond the chambers, filing a billion-naira defamation suit at the FCT High Court, proving once again that Nigerian politics is never short on high stakes and hot takes.
