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Probing Senator Natasha’s IPU attendance will embarrass Nigeria – Falana

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says any official probe by security agencies into Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s attendance at the Inter-Parliamentary Union, IPU, meeting in New York could bring unnecessary embarrassment to Nigeria.
Falana’s comment is coming following allegations by Senate President Godswill Akpabio that the senator’s actions humiliated the government and people of Nigeria after Akpoti-Uduaghan reported her suspension to the international body.
The female lawmaker had recently accused Akpabio of sexually harassing her.
The allegation came amid her seating arrangement altercation with the senate president at the red chamber.
Senator Natasha was subsequently suspended from the senate for gross misconduct over the debacle.
She spoke at the IPU meeting on March 11 about the suspension, telling the international body that the action was designed to silence her over the sexual harassment allegations.
The Department of State Services, DSS, and the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, have reportedly launched an investigation into how the Kogi senator attended the IPU meeting in New York without an official nomination.
However, in a statement issued on Sunday, Falana warned that the investigation by security forces risks exposing the country to needless embarrassment and undeserved ridicule.
“Finally, it is public knowledge that the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio had accused Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of embarrassing the government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by reporting her suspension by the senate to the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
“Contrary to the jaundiced views of the senate leader, it is the official probe of the circumstances of her trip by security forces that will expose Nigeria to needless embarrassment and undeserved ridicule
“Therefore, the SSS and NIA may study the report of the investigation of our illegal travelling by the Sani Abacha military junta before embarking on the futile attempt to probe senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for having the temerity to externalise the “internal affair of the senate,” Falana said.
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Police arrest suspected kidnapper after collecting ransom in Delta

A police patrol team and vigilante group from Ibusa Division have arrested a suspected kidnapper, Abdulahi Isah, after he allegedly collected ransom from his victim.
The suspect, who is cooling his heels in police custody, was arrested in the Ibusa bush on 12/3/2025.
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the report in a statement sent to our correspondent in Warri.
The police spokesperson said, “On 12/3/2025, at about 1100 hours, an indigene of Ibusa (name withheld) reported at Ibusa Police Station that his friend’s wife was kidnapped on 7/3/2025 and a ransom was paid. He stated that he was the one who delivered the ransom and other food items to the kidnappers.”
According to SP Edafe, “Acting on useful information provided by the said man, the DPO of Ibusa Police Station swiftly mobilized the patrol team of Ibusa Division alongside vigilantes and stormed the bush, where the suspect, Abdulahi Isah, was arrested.”
He added, “The suspect is in custody, and the investigation is ongoing.
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Raye: Sowore, lawyers accompany NYSC corper as officials summon her over comment against Tinubu

Omoyele Sowore and other activists, including lawyers, accompanied the Lagos-based National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member, Ushie Uguamaye, also known as Raye, to the office of her Local Government Inspector, LGI, who summoned her over a viral video.
Gatekeeper recalls that Raye recently went viral for criticizing President Bola Tinubu’s government.
In a video posted on her TikTok account #talktoraye over the weekend, Raye voiced her frustration over Nigeria’s deteriorating economic situation, blaming President Tinubu for the hardship.
The corps member also described the president as a “terrible leader.”
In another video clip that went viral on social media, the corps member was heard claiming that she was being threatened by officials of the NYSC.
Following her public outbursts, Raye was summoned to appear in the office of her Local Government Inspector (LGI) for questioning on Monday.
Raye, who secured the backing of several political bigwigs, was accompanied to the office on Monday by Sowore and some legal practitioners.
In an update on his official X handle, Sowore claimed that the NYSC officials failed to show up.
He wrote, “We arrived at the Eti-Osa LGI offices of the @officialnyscng with youth corper, Ushie Rita Uguamaye, in Lagos. She was scheduled to appear before the LGI today, and we escorted her to their offices with attorneys.
@mrfestusogun, @yinka_oyesomi, and @justiceojienoh, but the LGI official had absconded, failing to show up throughout our stay.”
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Jandor Dumps PDP Ship, Rejoins APC

Abdul-Azeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has returned to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
At a press briefing in Lagos on Monday, Jandor said his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a “reflection of his unwavering commitment to the development of Lagos”.
Jandor was the governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos in the 2023 general election.
Jandor was a member of the APC before defecting to the PDP to run for governorship. It would be recalled that Jandor met with President Tinubu last week in a close door meeting.
The 47-year-old politician accused PDP national leadership of letting him down on the eve of the election, maintaining that he would have won but for a false claim of alliance that made PDP supporters in Lagos vote for another candidate.
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