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Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has filed a lawsuit against Senate President Godswill Akpabio for alleged defamation.
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The lawsuit stems from a confrontation between Akpoti-Uduaghan and Akpabio over a seating arrangement dispute in the Senate.
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Akpoti-Uduaghan is seeking N100 billion in general damages and N300 million in litigation costs.
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has filed a lawsuit against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, accusing him of making defamatory statements against her.
The lawsuit, filed before the Federal Capital Territory High Court on February 25, 2025, lists Akpabio, the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the Senior Legislative Aide to the Senate President, Mfon Patrick, as defendants.
According to the suit, marked CV/737/25, Akpoti-Uduaghan’s lawyer, Victor Giwa, alleged that Akpabio made defamatory statements against his client, which were published on Facebook by his aide, Mfon Patrick.
The post, titled “Is the Local Content Committee of the Senate Natasha’s Birthright?” included a statement suggesting that Akpoti-Uduaghan believed being a lawmaker was only about “pancaking her face and wearing transparent outfits to the chambers.”
Giwa argued that the statement was defamatory, provocative, and disparaging, lowering Akpoti-Uduaghan’s dignity in the eyes of her colleagues and the public.
He stated, “A DECLARATION that the words, ‘It is bottled anger by the Kogi lawmaker, who knows nothing about legislative rules. She thinks being a lawmaker is all about pancaking her face and wearing transparent outfits to the chambers,’ used and written by the third defendant at the prompting of the first and second defendants, is defamatory and intended to cause public opprobrium and disaffection toward the claimant.”
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Akpoti-Uduaghan is seeking a perpetual injunction to restrain Akpabio and his associates from making further defamatory statements against her on any platform.
She also asked the court to order Akpabio to pay her N100 billion in general damages and N300 million as litigation costs.
“An order for the payment of the sum of N100,000,000,000 as general damages. An order for the payment of the sum of N300,000,000 as the cost of action,” she prayed.
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