Nigeria, Sept. 11 -- Womanifesto, a coalition of women's rights organisations, has condemned what it describes as the "unconstitutional and continued exclusion" of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Nigerian Senate.

The coalition's convener, Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, in a statement on Wednesday, demanded the immediate reinstatement of the Kogi Central senator in full compliance with the court order.

The convener said it's either the Senate rescinds this illegality and restores the senator to her rightful place or confirms itself as a body willing to destroy democracy for the sake of impunity.

She called on citizens, civil society, the media, and the international community to see the issue not as a "personal quarrel" but as a colle...