This action effectively restores her entry into the National Assembly complex, ending months of restricted access.
According to parliamentary sources, the leadership of the upper chamber reached the decision at a closed-door meeting on Monday.
A motion is expected to be presented when plenary resumes in October 2025, which will formally move for her reinstatement.
Akpoti-Uduaghan was suspended for six months in March 2025, following a heated protest over the reallocation of her seat on February 20th, 2025.
She was also removed as Chair of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs, and barred from all 10th Senate activities for alleged breaches of the chamber’s Standing Orders.
Although the suspension technically lapsed in September, the senator remained locked out amid court battles and opposition from Senate leadership. She challenged the sanction in court, but initial efforts to overturn it failed.
In July, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja ruled that the lengthy suspension was “excessive and unconstitutional,” warning it left her constituents unrepresented. Despite the judgment, the Senate insisted she must serve the entire suspension period.
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