“I Was Silenced and Suspended”: Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Calls for Justice at the UN Inter-Parliamentary Union

Speaking at the Women in Parliament Session during the IPU meeting in New York, she called for global intervention, alleging that she was being punished for standing up against injustice. Her emotional address detailed how she was stripped of her Senate privileges, silenced, and unlawfully suspended for six months.

“I come with a heavy heart from Nigeria,” she began. “But I’m not here to bring shame to my country, I’m here to seek help for the women of Nigeria.”