UPDATED: Akpoti-Uduaghan, supporters defy ban, hold homecoming gathering

Kogi Central District senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan received a rousing welcome from her supporters in her hometown of Ihima on Tuesday despite the state government and police banning rallies and processions.

Channel Television reported that Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan’s supporters from the district’s five local government areas converged on the Ihima community in the Okehi Local Government Area (LGA) to welcome the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker.

While security…