Senate spokesperson Yemi Adaramodu criticized his colleague, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Friday over a dispute regarding seating arrangements in the Senate chamber.
Natasha, representing Kogi Central under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had on Thursday refused to occupy her assigned seat, citing Order 10 of the Senate Standing Rules, which safeguards the privileges of members.
During the confrontation, Senate President Godswill Akpabio instructed security personnel to remove the senator from the chamber. However, intervention from fellow lawmakers prevented the situation from escalating further.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Adaramodu commented on the incident, emphasizing that the Senate chamber is not a venue for content creation.
“What we are saying is that the National Assembly is not for content creation in entertainment. National Assembly is for serious business,” he said.
Adaramodu, who represents Ekiti South Senatorial District, also weighed in on the bullying allegation of the Kogi senator.
“If she is talking like that being bullied or sidelined, as a first-timer, she even had three committees that she was appointed as chairman.
“You are entitled to only committee to be the chairman and she is in charge of Foreign Affairs, NGOs now,” the Senate spokesman said.
On the possibility of applying disciplinary actions against Natasha, the Senate spokesman said her colleagues from Kogi State, especially Senator Isah Jubril “had already tendered an apology on her behalf.”
He assured that the 10th Senate wouldn’t revisit the issue following the apology on Akpoti-Uduaghan’s behalf.
“The Senate as a whole has already accepted that tendered apology, so we are not going to revisit that,” Adaramodu stated.