The sexual harassment allegation involving Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has dramatically resurfaced.
The Kogi Central lawmaker is excited to receive Akpabio’s N200 billion defamation suit.
She has now declared her readiness to prove her claims in court.
Akpoti-Uduaghan made the declaration on Friday after confirming receipt of a ₦200 billion defamation lawsuit filed against her by the Senate President in Abuja.
According to the senator, the lawsuit has given her the very opportunity she was denied by the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges, which earlier refused to hear her petition against Akpabio.
In her statement, she said the court case “now provides the platform” she had long awaited to establish the truth. She insisted she would demonstrate that she was indeed sexually harassed, and that her refusal to yield to the alleged advances led to what she described as sustained political attacks against her.
“See you in court, Godswill Akpabio,” she said pointedly.
Akpabio, however, maintains that the allegations are false, malicious, and defamatory. His lawsuit—filed before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory—seeks substantial damages, public retractions, and nationwide broadcast apologies, arguing that Akpoti-Uduaghan’s interviews on television, radio, and social media portrayed him as a predatory leader who abused his office for personal gratification.
Court filings show that Akpabio claims the allegations inflicted severe reputational injury, public ridicule, and emotional distress, noting that millions of Nigerians had consumed the interviews and online commentary.
The Senate President is also asking the court to order the removal of all online materials containing the allegations and to direct media houses to broadcast apologies repeatedly for several days.
A court order dated November 6, 2025, granted permission for the suit to be served on Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan through the Clerk of the National Assembly after initial attempts at direct service failed.
With both parties now fully engaged and standing firm on their positions, the case is set to proceed—poised to become one of the most closely watched political and legal confrontations in Nigeria’s recent history.
