Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu directed the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to withdraw all court cases instituted against her.
The female lawmaker made this revelation during a Facebook Live video on Tuesday morning after she was allegedly barred from travelling abroad at the airport — an incident she attributed to an order from Senate President Godswill Akpabio to seize her international passport.
Akpoti-Uduaghan said the President had already intervened in her legal troubles, insisting there was no justification for Immigration officials to confiscate her passport.
“There was no order. Yes, I know I have two Federal Government cases against me, of which the President of Nigeria instructed the Attorney-General of the Federation to cancel, to withdraw the cases,” she said.
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She continued, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu actually spoke to Godswill Akpabio to terminate all the cases against me because he admitted, he agreed that they were politically witch-hunting me with cases. So there is no reason why my passport should be withheld at the international airport. You have no right to that, madam.”
Visibly agitated, the Kogi Central Senator showed the immigration officers in the background of the video, alleging that they had held on to her passport for over 20 minutes.
“Is Godswill Akpabio so important? Why is he overruling boundaries?” she asked. “Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, has instructed the Comptroller-General of Customs to deny me exit, to withhold my passport. This is wrong.”
Akpoti-Uduaghan further noted that this was not the first time her travel had been restricted.
It would be recalled that the Federal Government recently filed a fresh charge against the Senator at the Federal High Court, Abuja, in continuation of its legal battle against her.
The new case, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/195/25, was filed on May 22, 2025, just weeks after a similar charge (CR/297/25) was entered against her at the FCT High Court.
Both charges are based on allegations that Akpoti-Uduaghan made statements capable of damaging the reputations of Senate President Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
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