Activist Aisha Yesufu has publicly pledged her unwavering support for suspended Kogi Central lawmaker, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the senator insists on resuming her duties in the Senate on Tuesday, despite reported opposition from the upper legislative chamber.
Yesufu, while speaking on Monday, on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, declared that she and other supporters would accompany Akpoti-Uduaghan to the National Assembly.
She asserted that the embattled senator possesses every right to resume office, citing a recent court judgment in her favour.
The activist also denounced what she called the widespread, systemic discrimination faced by women in Nigerian politics.
She said: “I think Senator Natasha has every right to resume office, and by tomorrow — she is not going to resume alone. There are people who are going to go with her, and I’ll be one of them.
“We’ll be with her and stand with her. And if the Senate decides they are going to kill us, let them kill us.
“We are not even one-third. Out of 109 senators, we have only four women. Yet you go after them — you’re going after this particular lady who has done nothing other than discharge her duty the way it should be. Enough of us being treated in this country as if we are second-class citizens.”
