Natasha vs Nwaebonyi: Kogi senator drags top lawmaker to court, slams N5bn lawsuit against him, reason emerges

• Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has filed a N5 cardinal defamation suit against Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi implicit remarks made during televised interviews successful March 2025
• The suit cites aggregate media appearances, wherever Nwaebonyi allegedly called Natasha a “gold digger,” “habitual liar,” and made derogatory comments astir her household beingness and marriage
• Natasha seeks fiscal damages, nationalist apology, and a tribunal injunction to barroom further defamatory statements, arsenic the substance awaits a effect from the suspect wrong 21 days

Legit.ng writer Esther Odili has implicit 2 years of acquisition covering governmental parties and movements

FCT, Abuja - Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has filed a N5 cardinal suit against Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi earlier the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Nwaebonyi dragged to court, slammed N5 billion

Senator Natasha sues Nwaebonyi implicit defamation. Photo credit: Nigerian Senate
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Akpoti-Uduaghan accused Nwaebonyi of defamation implicit respective alleged mendacious statements made during media interviews successful March 2025.

Senator Natasha’s ineligible squad led by M.J. Numa, SAN, filed the suit and highlighted a bid of defamatory comments made by Senator Nwaebonyi connected nationalist tv platforms.

The claimant’s ineligible squad is seeking aggregate declarations from the court, asserting that the statements were malicious, false, and damaging to her nationalist image.

As reported by The Nigerian Tribune reported, 1 of the main accusations stemmed from an interrogation wherever Senator Nwaebonyi appeared arsenic a impermanent connected Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily connected March 6, 2025, and allegedly referred to Senator Natasha arsenic a “gold digger,” “habitual liar,” and “habitual blackmailer.”

Senator Natasha’s lawyers argued that, “These statements were not lone mendacious but intended to tarnish her nationalist representation and reputation.”

Meanwhile, the suit includes videos published connected YouTube, peculiarly 1 from News Central TV connected March 27, 2025.

In the clip, Senator Nwaebonyi allegedly stated that Senator Natasha’s matrimony was a merchandise of blackmail and that she had erstwhile demanded N10 cardinal from her husband.

The aforesaid video besides reportedly contained accusations that she had falsely alleged intersexual harassment against a erstwhile statesmanlike aide.

“These defamatory statements person since caused the Claimant sizeable distress, reputational harm, embarrassment, and affectional distress,” the writ declares.

Senator Natasha's demands from Nwaebonyi

Natasha takes caller enactment against her workfellow implicit derogatory statement. Photo credit: Natasha H Akpoti
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According to reports, Senator Natasha is present seeking N5 cardinal successful damages, claiming that these actions person severely damaged her estimation and nationalist standing.

In addition, Senator Natasha is demanding a retraction of the defamatory statements and an apology successful nationalist newspapers and different media outlets wrong 7 days of the court’s judgment.

The claimant is besides seeking an bid of perpetual injunction to forestall the suspect and his associates from publishing further defamatory comments.

However, the tribunal proceedings person not yet been assigned a proceeding date, arsenic the suspect is expected to respond wrong 21 days from the day of work of the writ.

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Natasha apologises to Ezekwesili implicit clash with Nwaebonyi

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan publically apologized to erstwhile Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, pursuing a heated exchange betwixt her and Senator Nwaebonyi.

Ezekwesili was verbally attacked by Nwaebonyi aft she asked him to "compose himself" during the Senate’ proceeding connected Akpoti-Uduaghan’s allegations against Godswill Akpabio.

Reacting to the Senate drama, Natasha connected Wednesday, hailed the erstwhile minister’s committedness to bully governance, further describing her arsenic a hero.

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