BREAKING: Akpabio Files ₦200bn Defamation Suit Against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan Over Sexual Harassment Allegation 

Abuja, Nigeria–  Senator Natasha H. Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has announced that Senate President Godswill Obot Akpabio has instituted a ₦200 billion defamation lawsuit against her over allegations bordering on sexual harassment.

Akpoti-Uduaghan made the disclosure on Friday, stating that she received the court documents on December 5, 2025, marking a new chapter in a dispute that has simmered beneath the surface of the upper chamber for months.

According to her statement: “Today, being the 5th day of December 2025, I’m in receipt of the newly instituted ₦200 billion naira suit against me by Senator Godswill Akpabio claiming defamation on sexual harassment.

” Now, I am glad that Sen. Akpabio has brought this up because the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges failed to grant me audience in this issue, relying on the fact that Godswill Akpabio’s wife had instituted a defamatory case against me. Therefore, they couldn’t attend to a matter already in court.

“Albeit, I couldn’t proceed to court because by Senate rules, I must still present my case before the Ethics Committee — the same committee that recommended my illegal suspension.

” Alas, I now have a chance to prove how I was sexually harassed and how my refusal to give in to his demands unleashed a series of unprovoked and unprecedented attacks on my person. See you in court, Godswill Akpabio, she added.

Meanwhile, court records from the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory reveal that the case — Suit No. FCT/HC/CV/3356/2025— is before Hon. Justice U. P. Kekemeke, ACIArb (UK), FICMC.

Documents indicate that the matter was filed earlier and processed through Motion No. M/12725/2025, with the claimant seeking permission for substituted service after alleging difficulty in serving the defendant personally.

The court granted the request, allowing Akpabio to serve all originating and subsequent processes on Akpoti-Uduaghan through the Office of the Clerk of the National Assembly.

The matter, earlier mentioned on November 6, 2025, has been adjourned to January 21, 2026, for further proceedings.

UPON READING THE MOTION PAPER DATED 10/10/2025 BROUGHT EXPARTE AND THE AFFIDAVIT in Support, praying this Honourable Court for the following reliefs: “AN ORDER of the Honourable Court granting leave to the Claimant/Applicant to serve the Originating Processes, i.e. Writ of Summons and all other subsequent processes including Hearing Notices in this Suit, (Suit No. FCT/HC/CV/3356/2025) on the Defendant by substituted means to wit, by delivering same to the Clerk of the National Assembly, or any staff in the office of the Clerk of the National Assembly, Three Arms Zone, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory.

“AN ORDER of the Honourable Court deeming the said mode of service of the processes on the Defendant as good and proper service.

“AND for such further or other Order(s) as the Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of this case.”