Nigeria, March 20 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja has vacated its earlier order restraining the Senate from suspending Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

The judge, Obiora Egwuatu, lifted the injunction on Wednesday, clearing the way for the Senate's disciplinary process.

Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan had filed an ex parte motion seeking to halt an investigation by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Code of Conduct, chaired by Neda Imasuem.

The committee probed allegations of misconduct against her, stemming from an altercation with Senate President Godswill Akpabio during a 20 February plenary session.

In her suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/384/2025, she listed the Clerk of the National Assembly, the Senate, its President, a...