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Nigerian MP barred from Senate after sexual harassment claims

Nigerian MP Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. [Instagram/@natashaakpoti

A Nigerian lawmaker who was suspended after accusing the head of the upper house of sexual harassment, was denied entry into parliament on Tuesday despite a court ruling for her reinstatement.

Television channels showed security forces and armed police preventing Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from entering the complex in the federal capital Abuja.

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