All di court cases wey Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan dey face
Wia dis foto come from, Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan/Godswill Akpabio/Facebook
Justice Idris Kutigi of di Federal High Court Abuja don order di Senate President of Nigeria, Godswill Akpabio to appear bifor am, sake of one defamation case wey Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan bin file against am.
Dis na just one out of di series of court cases wey involve Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan, di suspended lawmaker wey dey represent Kogi Central Senatorial District for di National Assembly.
According to tori by local media, Justice Kutigi bin grant di lawyer of Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan, Victor Giwa, permission to serve Akpabio wit di court proceedings thru substituted means, since di Senate president bin no show face for court on 7 May, 2025 wey di mata bin suppose start.
Di Judge order Akpabio to show face for di court on Monday, 9 June, 2025. Though e neva dey clear weda dis date go get head since di Nigeria goment don declare am as public holiday for di Muslim celebration of Eid-El-Kabir.
Since late February dis year wen di crisis start between di female lawmaker and di Senate president Akpabio, na so court cases dey pile up between di two. Some of dem na Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan start am, di odas na either di Nigeria goment or Akpabio family start am.
End of Di one wey oda s dey read well well
say Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan dey accuse Akpabio of sexual harrasment, wey she claim say e happun several times including for Akpabio house and for di Senate premises. However, Akpabio don deny di allegations.
Here na list of dis court cases and wetin be di issues:
350 billion naira suit by Mrs Akpabio
Shortly afta Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan accuse Akpabio of sexual harassment during one TV interview, Mrs Ekaette Akpabio, wife of di Senate president, call a press conference, wia she tok say she don sue Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan for defamation against her husband.
Akpabio wife say she file two court cases - marked CV/814/25 and CV/816/25 - for di Federal High Court Abuja, and demand damages of 250 billion naira and 100 billion naira respectively.
She tok say di allegations against her husband don cause her and her children "emotional and psychological abuse", and e don make her family to dey live for constant fear of threat to dia lives.
She want make di court restrain Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan from making defamatory statements against di Akpabio family, and for her to withdraw di allegations and tender "unconditional apology to di Senate president" wey go dey published for two national newspapers.
100 billion naira suit by Akpoti-Uduaghan
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan bin also file court case against Godswill Akpabio and im legislative aide, Mfon Patrick, wia she allege say di aide bin post one article on Facebook wey she say dey damaging to her reputation.
Di Kogi lawmaker ask di court to order di defendants to pay her 100 billion naira for damages and anoda 300 million naira in litigation costs.
Inside di suit, marked CV/737/25, Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan say di post by Mfon Patrick dey "defamatory, provocative, and damaging to her reputation".
Oga Patrick bin make dis post afta di wahala wey happun for di Senate chambers on 21 February, 2025, wia Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan bin para and shout for di Senate president afta dem change her sitting position.
Di incident wey show for national TV bin see di female lawmaker telling Akpabio say "I no dey afraid of you", "I don take a lot from you. I bin no wan go public, but if you want I go let Nigerians know how you don discriminate against me, how you dey malign me..."
Days later, oga Patrick den post di article on Facebook wit di title: "Shey di Local Content Committee of di Senate be Natasha Birthright");