The Federal High Court in Abuja will, on June 27, deliver judgment in a suit filed by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and co-defendants over her alleged unlawful suspension from the senate. Justice Binta Nyako, who adjourned the matter for judgment on Tuesday, held that issues of contempt claim by Akpabio against…
Dr Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), former president, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has written a second letter to Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, demanding retraction of “her unsubstantiated sexual harassment allegations against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.” The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL) are lawyers to Akpabio. NAN recalls that Agbakoba in a…
The Olisa Agbakoba Legal (OAL), solicitor to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, says it is interested in finding out the truth about the allegation of sexual harassment against Akpabio. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the allegation was made by suspended Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. At a news conference in Lagos on Tuesday, Senior Partner…
Two groups, Northern Peoples Congress and Afenifere Youth Stakeholders’ Forum, has declared that the massive presence of constituents at the homecoming rally organised for Kogi West Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has all but ended the recall process initiated against her. The groups both spoke to journalists shortly after the rally which was held on Tuesday despite…
The suspended senator representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, defied the ban on large gathering imposed on the state by the state government as she yesterday visited her constituency. The senator maintained that she did not break any law saying she remains a law-abiding person and not a lawbreaker as being allegedly painted…
The Police Command in Kogi has stopped an alleged planned Sallah rally in Okene Local Government Area by Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP – Kogi central). The Police Commissioner in Kogi, Mr Miller Dantawaye, announced the ban in a statement signed on his behalf by the command’s spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, in Lokoja on Tuesday. The…
Th suspended Kogi central senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan,has expressed her eagerness to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr with her constituents on Tuesday. She also alleged that any violent acts during the visit should be blamed on Senate President Godswill Akpabio; Usman Ododo, Kogi governor; and Yahaya Bello, former governor of the state. “My dear people of Kogi Central, I…
The Kogi police command has asked Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to cancel her planned Eid-el-Fitr celebration rally in the central senatorial district of the state. Miller Dantawaye, Kogi police commissioner, gave the directive on Tuesday in a statement issued by William Aya, the command’s spokesperson. “Following the intelligence report on security threats in Kogi State and the…
By Abubakar Yunusa The lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday, announced that she would not back out on her plan to return to her constituency for the Sallah break. The senator also urged her supporters to disregard speculations making the round that she has cancelled her scheduled visit. She disclosed this…
A Northern youth group, Arewa Youth Council for Justice, has urged suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to end the conversations that led to her suspension from the Senate by issuing an apology to the National Assembly. The group took the stand in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday, signed by its National President, Isak…
