Nigerian Senate suspends female senator who made sexual harassment claim | Gender Equity News

Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan suspended for six months after making an accusation against Senate President Akpabio.

The Nigerian Senate has suspended a female senator after she accused its presiding officer of sexual harassment.

Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan was barred from office from Thursday and will have her allowances and security withdrawn for six months after she made an accusation against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who denied the claims against him.

On Wednesday, the Senate ethics committee rejected Akpoti-Uduaghan’s petition about the alleged harassment, citing procedural…