Senator Natasha cannot enforce a judgment she appealed — Law expert

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By KEMI KAYODE

Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) has been accused of seeking to eat her cake and still have it by appealing the July 4, 2025 judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja and still attempting to enforce the same judgment.

A senior lawyer, Ken Harries, made the accusation Tuesday evening while reacting to Akpoti-Uduaghan’s invasion of the National Assembly earlier in the day claiming to want to enforce the judgment of the Federal High Court, which she claimed ordered her recall.

Harries wondered if taking law into one’s hands, as shown by Akpoti-Uduaghan’s conduct on Tuesday, is the right way to enforce a judgment.

“In my many years in legal practice, I have not seen such a display of lawlessness from a supposed federal lawmaker. How do you invade the National Assembly with a group of touts, claiming to want to enforce a judgment?

“There are procedures for judgment enforcement. It is not for an individual to take the law into his or her own hands, create a crisis atmosphere on the pretext of wanting to enforce a judgment,” Harries said.

He recalled that Akpoti-Uduaghan filed an appeal against the judgment about a week ago, faulting the verdict and praying the Court of Appeal to set it aside.

Harries, who queried the rationale behind Akpoti-Uduaghan’s decision to invade the National Assembly, sought to know what judgment she is seeking to enforce.