Nigeria, July 15 -- The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has approached the Court of Appeal to challenge the Federal High Court judgment that invalidated the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

The court had declared the six-month suspension unconstitutional, excessive, and a violation of the senator's constituents' right to representation.

In a notice of cross-appeal dated 11 July, Mr Akpabio, through his lead counsel, Kehinde Ogunwumiju, SAN, is asking the appellate court to nullify the judgment, describing it as erroneous and a gross miscarriage of justice.

The cross-appeal by the senate president comes just two days after Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal to challenge the N5 mill...