Senate President Godswill Akpabio has filed a N20 billion defamation suit against Senator Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan of Kogi Central over s3xual harassment allegations she made against him.
The suit was lodged at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja. In a Facebook post, Akpoti Uduaghan confirmed receiving notice of the case, saying it finally gives her “a chance to prove how I was s3xually harassed.”
“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 s3xual harassment,” she wrote.
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She welcomed the development, stating that the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges had previously refused to grant her an audience, arguing that they could not examine a matter already before a court because Akpabio’s wife had filed a defamation suit against her.
Natasha said Senate rules prevented her from initiating her own court action until she had first presented the matter before the Ethics Committee, the same panel that recommended her controversial suspension.
“Alas, I now have a chance to prove how I was s3xually harassed and how my refusal to give into his demands unleashed series of unprovoked and unprecedented attacks on my person,” she added.
Attached to her post was a court order issued on November 6 by Justice U. P. Kekemeke, directing that she be served through substituted means via the clerk of the National Assembly. The case is scheduled to begin on January 21, 2026.
Akpoti Uduaghan first made the allegations in a February interview on Arise TV, claiming that Akpabio made s3xual advances toward her in his office and at his residence in Akwa Ibom, and that her challenges in the Senate began after she rejected him.
Akpabio has strongly denied the allegations.
But, in May 2025, a United Kingdom-based activist, Dr Sandra Duru, popularly known as Professor Mgbeke, released purported evidence from exclusive phone conversations in which she claimed the suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, lied against the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, regarding the controversial sexual harassment allegation.
The activist, who made the revelation during a Facebook Live session monitored by our correspondent on Thursday night, added that Akpoti-Uduaghan also allegedly attempted to induce her with N200 million to falsely accuse the former Akwa Ibom governor of organ harvesting.
The two lawmakers had previously clashed openly on the Senate floor over changes to the seating arrangement, reflecting an already tense relationship before the s3xual misconduct accusations emerged.
