Sunday, March 2, 2025 - Ekaette Akpabio, wife of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, has filed multiple lawsuits against Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi Central, over alleged defamatory comments.
On Friday, Akpoti-Uduaghan, in an interview on Arise TV, alleged
that the Senate President made sexual advances at her in his office and
residence in Akwa Ibom. The Senate President’s wife responded by saying her
husband is disciplined, adding that the senator’s claims were “lies.”
In a fundamental rights suit filed at the Federal Capital Territory
(FCT) High Court, Ekaette said the “scandalous and salacious” comments made by
Akpoti-Uduaghan have caused her and her children “emotional and psychological
abuse.” Akpabio’s wife asked the court to restrain Akpoti-Uduaghan from making
further “spiteful” statements that infringe on her fundamental human rights.
“AN ORDER awarding the sum of N250,000,000,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty
Billion Naira only) as exemplary, punitive, aggravated and general damages
against the Respondent for her infringement of the fundamental rights of the
Applicant alongside,” the fundamental rights suit reads. “Such further or other
Orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstance.”
Ekaette said the Kogi senator’s comments “damaged the reputation of the
claimant and indeed her entire family, bringing them into disrepute and
opprobrium.” She asked the court to mandate Akpoti-Uduaghan to tender an
apology to her family and publish it in two national newspapers.
“AN ORDER OF THIS HONOURABLE COURT compelling the Defendant to pay to
the Claimant the sum of ₦1,000,000,000.00 (One Billion Naira only) as punitive
and exemplary damages for the ruinous effect of the Defendant’s defamatory
words on the Claimant’s family’s reputation,” a portion of the suit reads. “AN
ORDER OF PERPETUAL INJUNCTION restraining the Defendant from further uttering
any defamatory words or causing to be uttered or spread, any defamatory words
against the reputation of the Claimant’s family.”
The Senate President has yet to publicly comment on Akpoti-Uduaghan’s allegations. TheCable's efforts to get a comment from his media aides have proved futile.
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