Nigeria, Sept. 10 -- Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, on Tuesday, described as embarrassing the Senate's decision barring Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from resuming legislative duties despite completing her six -month suspension.

"I find the letter of the Senate embarrassing. I find it scandalous. I find it contentious. And I find it very disparaging of the sensibility of the Nigerian people because it is simple," Mr Effiong said Tuesday evening on Channels Television's prime time programme, 'Politics Today.'

He also faulted anchoring the Senate's decision on pending case at the Court of Appeal regarding Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan's legal challenge to her suspension in March.

He said the pending appeal could not serve as ...