Former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has hailed the return of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to her office at the National Assembly, describing it as ‘the triumph of reason over tyranny.’
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan stormed the National Assembly complex with her supporters shortly after her office was reopened by the Senate authorities.
In a statement on Tuesday, Atiku said that although the people of Kogi Central could not regain the six months of representation denied them at the Senate, the struggle was not in vain.
“It is reassuring that the voice of reason has prevailed at last with the unsealing of the office of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
“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 said.
“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.
“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,” Atiku alleged.
He vowed that the opposition would continue to resist what he termed creeping authoritarianism.
“Let it be clear: on our part, we shall do everything legitimate and 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.
