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Senate: Akpabio’s Wife Unoma Storms Court, Demands N250bn, Others From Senator Natasha
Mrs. Unoma Godswill Akpabio, the wife of the President of the Senate, has filed several lawsuits at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The lawsuits allege a violation of fundamental rights and defamation due to statements made by the senator during a televised interview on Arise News.
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Mrs. Unoma Godswill Akpabio, the wife of the President of the Senate, has filed several lawsuits at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The lawsuits allege a violation of fundamental rights and defamation due to statements made by the senator during a televised interview on Arise News.
In the lawsuit concerning fundamental rights (Suit No: CV/814/25), filed under Section 34(1)(a) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and 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, Mrs. Akpabio seeks:
A DECLARATION that the statements made by the Respondent on the Senate floor on February 20, 2025, and the subsequent scandalous and damaging statements made on Arise News TV, are a clear violation of the Applicant’s fundamental rights 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 prohibiting the Respondent from making further provocative, scandalous, and malicious statements that have caused emotional and psychological harm to the Applicant and her children, who now live in constant fear for their safety.
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Mrs. Unoma Godswill Akpabio, the wife of the President of the Senate, has filed several lawsuits at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The lawsuits allege a violation of fundamental rights and defamation due to statements made by the senator during a televised interview on Arise News.
In the lawsuit concerning fundamental rights (Suit No: CV/814/25), filed under Section 34(1)(a) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and 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, Mrs. Akpabio seeks:
A DECLARATION that the statements made by the Respondent on the Senate floor on February 20, 2025, and the subsequent scandalous and damaging statements made on Arise News TV, are a clear violation of the Applicant’s fundamental rights 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 prohibiting the Respondent from making further provocative, scandalous, and malicious statements that have caused emotional and psychological harm to the Applicant and her children, who now live in constant fear for their safety.
AN ORDER OF PERPETUAL INJUNCTION preventing the Respondent, their agents, or anyone associated with them from making further harmful and defamatory statements that have caused the Applicant and her children psychological harm and fear for their lives or in any other way infringing upon their fundamental rights.
AN ORDER awarding N250,000,000,000.00 (Two Hundred and Fifty Billion Naira only) as exemplary, punitive, aggravated, and general damages for the violation of the Applicant’s fundamental rights, along with any additional orders the Court may consider appropriate in this case.
In a separate defamation case (Suit No: CV/816/25), Mrs. Akpabio is seeking:
A DECLARATION that the Defendant’s accusation on national television, claiming that the Claimant’s husband, the President of the Senate, made sexual advances toward her, without any proof, has damaged the Claimant’s reputation and brought disrepute to her family.
AN ORDER OF THIS HONOURABLE COURT requiring the Defendant to issue a formal retraction of the defamatory statements and to apologize unconditionally to the Claimant and her family, with the apology to be published in two widely-read newspapers: The Guardian and This Day Newspapers.
AN ORDER OF THIS HONOURABLE COURT instructing the Defendant to pay the Claimant N1,000,000,000.00 (One Billion Naira only) as punitive and exemplary damages for the severe harm caused to the reputation of the Claimant’s family due to the Defendant’s defamatory words.
AN ORDER OF PERPETUAL INJUNCTION preventing the Defendant from making or causing any further defamatory statements against the reputation of the Claimant’s family.
ANY FURTHER OR ANCILLARY ORDER or other Orders that the Honourable Court may deem necessary in this matter.
The Supreme Court had ordered the Hon. Martins Amaewhule-led faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly to resume sitting and reinstated an earlier judgment barring the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Accountant General of the Federation from releasing statutory monthly allocations to Rivers State.
However, the Opposition lawmakers disagreed with the judgment, stating that it was capable of inflicting injury on the people of Rivers. “It is indeed surprising that the Supreme Court faulted the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal for vacating the initial order that stopped the release of funds to Rivers State from the consolidated revenue on the pretext that Governor Fubara did not re-present the 2024 Appropriation Bill of the state before the Hon. Martins Amaewhule-led sacked faction of the Rivers State House of Assembly,” Ugochinyere said.
Ugochinyere also noted that the judgment nullifying the local government election will not affect the continuance of governance in the local government area, as governance and welfare of the people are the primary responsibility of the government.
“The LGA as a democratic institution will continue to serve the people, and the judgment has not affected delivery governance to the people. The former chairmen whose tenure expired last year remain former chairmen and cannot come back to office again,” he emphasized.
The lawmaker described the Supreme Court’s decision as unfortunate, stating that it does not augur well for democracy and federalism.