Natasha Institutes N100.3bn Defamation Suit Against Akpabio

A N100.3billion defamation suit has been filed by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, FCT, Abuja.

She accused Senate President Akpabio of tarnishing her image through a defamatory post published on his Facebook page.

According to the Claimant, the Senate President had in a post that was published on his Facebook page by his aide titled: “Is Local Content Committee of the Senate NATASHA’s BIRTHRIGHT,” maligned her.

She told the court that the said social media post claimed that she thought that being a lawmaker was all about pancaking her face and wearing transparent outfits to the Senate Chambers.

Aside from Akpabio who was sued in his personal capacity, those that were also cited as defendants in the suit marked: CV/737/25, are; the Senate one Mfon Patrick, Mr. Mfon Patrick, who was identified as a Senior Legislative Aide to the Senate President.

The Kogi State lawmaker maintained that the post published against her by the Senate President and his aide was not only defamatory, provocative, and disparaging but also significantly undermined her dignity in the eyes of her colleagues and right-thinking members of the public.

Consequently, in the suit she filed through a team of lawyers led by Mr. Victor Giwa, Senate Akpoti-Uduaghan, among other things, prayed the court to issue an order, compelling the defendants to withdraw the said defamatory words and publication made against her immediately and tender an apology to her in writing.

She said the apology must be published in a national daily newspaper that is widely circulated within the jurisdiction of this court.

Source: Vanguard