Nigeria, July 7 -- The Senate has responded to the ruling of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which ordered the recall of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, from suspension, saying it has yet to receive the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgement to enable it take a decision.

Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended in March for six months over alleged misconduct during the plenary session on 20 February, a decision she later challenged in court. Her colleagues voted unanimously to suspend her following the ethics committee's recommendations.

However, in a judgment delivered on Friday, Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court ruled that the six-month suspension imposed on the senator was excessive.

The court held that suspending a...