Atiku Hails Reopening of Natasha’s Office, Warns Against Democratic Subversion

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has praised the reopening of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s office at the National Assembly, describing it as a victory of unity over tyranny.

On Tuesday, officials of the Sergeant-at-Arms, led by Deputy Director Alabi Adedeji, unsealed the senator’s office in Suite 2.05 of the Senate wing, allowing her to resume legislative duties.

The office had been locked since March 6, 2025, when Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended for six months over alleged breaches of Senate standing rules.

Despite a Federal High Court ruling on July 4 declaring the suspension “excessive and unconstitutional,” the lawmaker was barred from returning, with the National Assembly insisting the matter was still pending in court.

In his reaction, Atiku welcomed the unsealing of her office, stressing that Nigerians could only overcome oppression through collective action.

“It is reassuring that the voice of reason has prevailed at last with the unsealing of the office of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan,” he said.
“Though the precious time denied the people of Kogi Central in the Senate can never be reclaimed, this struggle has not been in vain. It has proven, once again, that when we stand together, we can triumph over tyranny.”

Atiku further linked the senator’s ordeal to what he described as a pattern of democratic subversion under President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

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“The suspension of Governor Simi Fubara and lawmakers of the Rivers State House of Assembly, the unlawful suspension of Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, and the weaponisation of state institutions to harass and intimidate opposition voices are not isolated acts,” he said.
“They are deliberate markers of the Tinubu administration’s strategy as 2027 approaches: to subvert our hard-earned democracy and compromise the will of the people at any cost.”

The former vice-president vowed that the opposition would resist such moves using legal and democratic means.

“The opposition will do everything within the bounds of the law to protect our democracy, defend the sovereignty of the people’s mandate, and rescue our nation from the grip of authoritarianism,” he declared.