Senate President Chief Godswill Akpabio has clarified that the fresh persistence use of social media led to his bringing N40Bn defamation suit against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
In a statement issued by his media office, the Senate President said contrary to the claims of Kogi state senator, the suit was instituted more than three months ago but was not made public because Natasha was allegedly evading service of the court summons.
Akpabio said that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan had intensified making of grave and unsubstantiated accusations capable of inflicting severe reputational damage, hence, the court case as his constitutional right to seek legal redress.
The statement read in part “On 5 December 2025, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan again resorted to social media to claim incorrectly and misleadingly that His Excellency, the President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, had only just filed a multi-billion-naira defamation suit against her over her unfounded allegations of sexual misconduct.
“These allegations, as the public is well aware, have never been supported by a single shred of evidence before the Senate Committee or before any competent authority.