The Senate President’s wife, Mrs. Unoma Godswill Akpabio has filed a lawsuit against Senator Natasha, requesting N250 billion in general damages and an unconditional apology from Natasha to be published in two newspapers.
The spouse of the President of the Senate, Mrs. Unoma Godswill Akpabio has initiated several lawsuits in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan
The plaintiffs claim that their fundamental rights have been violated and that defamation has occurred as a result of remarks made by the senator during a televised interview on Arise News.
In the fundamental rights case (Suit No: CV/814/25), filed under Section 34(1)(a) of the amended 1999 Constitution and Articles 4 and 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement Act) Cap. A9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, Mrs. Akpabio is seeking:
“A DECLARATION that the allegations made by the Respondent on the floor of the Senate on the 20th of February 2025 and subsequent scandalous and salacious allegations on Arise News TV by the Respondent, constitute a flagrant violation of the fundamental rights of the Applicant guaranteed under Section 34(1) (A) of The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (As Amended), Article 4 & 5 of The African Charter on Human And Peoples Rights (Ratification And Enforcement Act) Cap. A9, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and Section 14 of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015.
“AN ORDER OF PERPETUAL INJUNCTION restraining the Respondent from making further inciteful, scandalous, and spiteful statements that have caused the Applicant and her children emotional and psychological abuse and living under constant threat and fear of their lives.
“AN ORDER OF PERPETUAL INJUNCTION restraining the Respondent, whether by themselves, their agents, privies, or whosoever from further inciteful, scandalous, and spiteful statements that have caused the Applicant and her children emotional and psychological abuse and living under constant threat and fear of their lives.”
