Standoff at Parliament as Orwoba attempts to access Senate chambers

A dramatic standoff occurred outside Parliament after former nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba attempted to access the Senate chambers despite her reported expulsion from office, leading to a confrontation with police officers. Her vehicle was forcibly towed away after she allegedly used it to block the parliamentary gate, and she was later restrained and arrested after attempting to lock herself at the entrance. Orwoba maintains that she remains a nominated senator, citing a High Court ruling in April that declined to suspend a decision which found her expulsion by the UDA party to have been unprocedural.