Nigeria, March 12 -- Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan taken her case to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), seeking international intervention in her suspension from the Senate.

Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan addressed delegates at an IPU meeting held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday, where she also raised allegations of sexual harassment against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.

The Senate suspended Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months, effective from 6 March, after considering the report of its Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, presented by its Chairman, Neda Imasuen.

At the IPU meeting, Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan said the suspension was unlawful and part of the plans to silence her in the...