Nigeria, July 14 -- The Senate has clarified that there is no binding court order mandating the immediate recall of the Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who was suspended from legislative duties for six months.

The legislative chamber said it had thoroughly reviewed the judgment delivered by Binta Nyako, a judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, and discovered that she did not issue any explicit directive compelling it to reinstate the senator.

PREMIUM TIMES reports that the Senate's spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, stated this in a statement on Sunday.

The statement was issued in response to a letter addressed to the Clerk of the National Assembly by Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan, through her lawyer, Michael Numa (SAN).

In the let...