The suspended senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has denied violating a court order that restricted her from giving interviews or posting about her sexual advances claim against Senate President Godswill Akpabio on social media.
Natasha’s response came after Akpabio filed a new lawsuit demanding an apology for her “insincere apology.”
On April 27, Akpoti-Uduaghan posted a brief video on her Facebook account where she sarcastically apologized to the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, stating that her regret was not allowing him to have his way with her.
The senator said she was “sorry for the crime of maintaining dignity and self-respect” and for rejecting the Senate President’s advances, implying he believed he was irresistible.
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Angered by her perceived sarcasm, Akpabio, through his lawyer Kehinde Ogunwumiju, SAN, filed a fresh application asking an Abuja Federal High Court to order Akpoti-Uduaghan to delete the video, arguing that it breached the court’s directive.
Ogunwumiju also requested the court to order Akpoti-Uduaghan to remove the post from all her social media accounts.
However, Akpoti-Uduaghan countered this in a counter-affidavit on Friday, arguing that her post did not violate 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 5th May 2025.”
“My Facebook post of 27th April 2025, styled “Satirical Apology Letter,” neither mentions this action nor references any matter subjudice; it is 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 the 4th May 2025, Mr Monday Ubani, SAN (counsel to the applicant), published a Facebook post commenting directly on these proceedings and vilifying me.
“That the instant Molion 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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