The suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has dismissed the claim that she violated a court order by posting a satirical apology related to her sexual harassment allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio on social media.
Natasha was responding to Akpabio’s latest legal move demanding an apology for what he described as her insincere apology.
On April 27, Akpoti-Uduaghan shared a brief video on her Facebook account mockingly apologizing to the former Akwa Ibom governor, stating her only regret was not yielding to his alleged advances.
She expressed being “sorry for the crime of maintaining dignity and self-respect” and for rejecting the Senate President’s advances, implying his belief that he was irresistible.
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Akpabio, viewing her post as sarcastic, filed a fresh suit through his legal counsel, Kehinde Ogunwumiju, SAN, requesting an Abuja Federal High Court to order Akpoti-Uduaghan to delete the video, arguing it defied the court’s directive.
Ogunwumiju also sought a court order for Akpoti-Uduaghan to remove the post from all her social media accounts.
However, Akpoti-Uduaghan countered this allegation in a counter-affidavit on Friday, asserting that her post did not breach the court’s gag order.
She said: “I state that the allegations contained therein are misleading, inaccurate, and do not reflect the true state of affairs.
“That, save as are herein expressly admitted, I deny each and every allegation, assertion, conclusion, insinuation, and averment contained in the affidavit in support of the Motion on Notice dated 5 May 2025.
“My Facebook post of April 27, 2025, styled ‘Satirical Apology Letter,’ neither mentions this action nor references any matter sub judice; it is a political satire on patriarchal norms in the legislature and is protected speech under Section 39(1) of the Constitution.
“The post did not (and could not) prejudice these proceedings. No evidence of actual or likely prejudice has been supplied by the applicant.
“On May 4, 2025, Mr Monday Ubani, SAN (counsel to the applicant), published a Facebook post commenting directly on these proceedings and vilifying me.
“That the instant motion is borne of malice and intended to harass, intimidate, and scandalise me for exercising my constitutionally guaranteed right to a fair hearing and to free expression.”
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