Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, is at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja to be arraigned for alleged defamation.
Akpoti-Uduaghan is facing charges filed by the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Mohammed Abubakar, on behalf of the Federal Government.
The charge, marked CR/297/25, accuses Akpoti-Uduaghan of making defamatory statements against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello.
The Federal Government says she claimed that Bello had conspired with Akpabio to orchestrate her assassination.
The alleged defamatory statements were made during a live broadcast on Channels Television’s Politics Today on April 3, 2025, and in a telephone conversation with Sandra C. Duru on March 27, 2025.
The Federal Government argues that Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan deliberately made the claims being fully aware that they could harm the reputation of the individuals involved.
Senate President Akpabio, Yahaya Bello, and four others have been listed as witnesses in the suit.
The case is expected to proceed with the Senator’s plea.
