Nigeria, March 12 -- The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), the body representing parliaments globally, has said it would take necessary steps on the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the sexual harassment allegations she made against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.

President of the IPU, Tulia Ackson, made this known after Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan reported the cases during the IPU meeting held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday, where she sought international intervention.

She described her six-month suspension from the Senate as unlawful and that it was a deliberate attempt to silence her for speaking out against alleged misconduct in the Nigerian upper legislative chamber.

During ...