Two High Courts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have granted leave to Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to serve documents on Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senate Deputy Chief Whip Onyekachi Nwaebonyi about two alleged sexual harassment, defamation and rights violation suits filed by the Kogi Central lawmaker
In a ruling on the first suit marked:FCT/HC/CV/754/2025, Justice Abubakar Kutigi granted leave to Akpoti-Uduaghan to serve the writ of summons and other court documents on Akpabio in person and his official capacity as the Senate President.
Kutigi also ordered that the senior legislative aide to Akpabio, Mfon Patrick and the Clerk of the National Assembly be served with the same set of documents.
The judge adjourned till June 9 for the report of service. The ruling was on a motion marked: motion no. M/6603/2025 was moved by Akpoti-Uduaghan’s lawyer, U.J. Udoh.
In a similar ruling on the second suit marked: no: FCT/HC/CV/1359/25, Justice Angela Otaluka granted leave to Akpoti-Uduaghan to serve court papers on Nwaebonyi through substituted means.
Justice Otaluka granted the leave while ruling on an ex parte motion by Akpoti-Uduaghan, which was moved by her lawyer, Michael Numa (SAN).
Justice Otaluka adjourned till June 25 for the report of service.
Akpoti-Uduaghan had filed a N5 billion defamation suit against Nwaebonyi, accusing him of claiming that she had six children with different men.
She claimed that Nwaebonyi purportedly made the allegations during a live interview on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television, aired on March 6.