Nigeria, March 25 -- Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has petitioned the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) to investigate her colleague, Edo South Senator Neda Imasuen, over his alleged disbarment from practising law in the United States.

Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan also accused Mr Imasuen of disobeying a court order restraining the Senate, Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions Committee, which he chairs, from investigating her for alleged misconduct during the 20 February plenary.

PREMIUM TIMES had reported that Mr Imasuen, a trained lawyer and member of the Labour Party (LP), was permanently barred from practising law in the US by the Supreme Court of New York.

The disbarment was specifically based on allegations...