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DOSSIER · SENATORUPDATED JUN 2026

Neda Bernards Imasuen

Senator, Edo South (Senatorial) · APC

Assessment Profile06

Senator Neda Bernards Imasuen won the Edo South senatorial seat in February 2023 on a Labour Party platform, defeating PDP and APC opponents with 167,250 votes. He was appointed Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions early in the 10th Assembly. His legislative output includes at least two identified sponsored bills — the Federal College of Education, Abudu (Establishment) Bill, 2024 and the Federal Medical Centres Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025 — and documented constituency-level projects including solar-powered streetlight installations and a free medical outreach in Edo South. His most prominent action in office was chairing the Ethics Committee that recommended the six-month suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in March 2025, a process that attracted nationwide controversy including claims that some committee members subsequently disowned the report. A separate and significant integrity concern arose from contemporaneous reporting that Imasuen was permanently disbarred by the New York Grievance Committee in May 2010; Imasuen disputed the characterisation of that matter, and the Senate distanced itself from it, but no independent judicial determination on the INEC non-disclosure allegation has been published as of the date of compilation. Imasuen defected from the Labour Party to the APC in June 2025, citing internal party crisis. He was defeated in the APC Edo South senatorial primary in May 2026. On balance, his tenure shows baseline legislative activity and some verifiable constituency delivery, offset by the unresolved integrity questions and the disputed conduct of the Ethics Committee process.

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Legal Record07

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Sources21
  1. 1Election result: Labour Party wins Edo South Senatorial seatDaily Post Nigeria · 2023-02-27
  2. 2LP Candidate, Imasuen, Wins Edo South Senate SeatThis Day Live · 2023-02-28
  3. 3Senate suspends Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan for six monthsVanguard · 2025-03-06
  4. 4Senate Approves Six-Month Suspension for Senator Natasha Akpoti-UduaghanNigerian Democratic Report · 2025-03-06
  5. 5EXCLUSIVE: Fresh controversy trails Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan's suspension as senators disown committee reportPremium Times · 2025-03-14
  6. 6Senate Ethics Chairman Neda Imasuen, Who Suspended Natasha, Lost Law Practice Licence In New York Over MisconductSahara Reporters · 2025-03-09
  7. 7Nigerian senator involved in Natasha's suspension barred from practising law in USPremium Times · 2025-03-09
  8. 8Sen. Imasuen Breaks Silence On Alleged US Disbarment, Denies MisconductLeadership · 2025-03-01
  9. 9Nigerian Senate speaks on disbarment of its ethics committee chair from practising law in USPremium Times · 2025-04-14
  10. 10Akpoti-Uduaghan petitions legal disciplinary committee, wants senator probed over alleged disbarment in USPremium Times · 2025-03-25
  11. 11Edo Constituents Submit Petition To Recall Senate Committee Chairman, Neda Imasuen Over Role On Senator NatashaSahara Reporters · 2025-03-29
  12. 12Labour Party senators shrink as Neda Imasuen defects to APC June 12Vanguard · 2025-06-09
  13. 13Senator Neda Imasuen From Edo State Dumps Labour Party, Defects To APCSahara Reporters · 2025-06-25
  14. 14Edo South Senator Advocates Reforms In Health, Education SectorsLeadership
  15. 15Federal Medical Centres' bill will improve service delivery — ImasuenBlueprint Newspapers
  16. 16Senator Imasuen Concludes Successful Free Medical Outreach, Benefiting Thousands in Edo SouthFederal Ministry of Information and National Orientation
  17. 17Edo South Residents Laud Imasuen For Solar Streetlight ProjectNew Telegraph
  18. 18Edo community hails senator's intervention in land disputePunch Newspapers
  19. 19Imasuen Expresses Displeasure Over NHIA Zonal Office Relocation, Assures of Senate InterventionThis Day Live · 2026-02-14
  20. 20Senate committee chair urges improved security in Edo communitiesPunch Newspapers
  21. 21Breaking: Ogbeide-Ihama Defeats Neda Imasuen, Ize-Iyamu, Emerges APC Edo South Senatorial CandidateAlltimepost · 2026-05-28