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  • Court permits Akpoti-Uduaghan to serve court papers on Akpabio, Nwaebonyi

    Court permits Akpoti-Uduaghan to serve court papers on Akpabio, Nwaebonyi

    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.

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    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.

  • Shut up remark: Nwaebonyi threatens to report Ezekwesili to Igbo leaders

    Shut up remark: Nwaebonyi threatens to report Ezekwesili to Igbo leaders

    The fallout from a tense Senate committee hearing  last week has escalated into a cultural dispute with Senate  Deputy Chief Whip   Onyekachi Nwaebonyi  vowing  to report former Education Minister   Oby Ezekwesili to Igbo traditional leaders over what he described as a “public insult.”

    The conflict stems from a Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions hearing on March 25, where Ezekwesili, appearing as a witness, told Nwaebonyi to “compose himself and stop making noise” before pointedly saying: “will you shut up?”

    The committee hearing was convened to review a petition from Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senator representing Kogi Central, who accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of sexual harassment.

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    Ezekwesili had joined Abiola Akiode, counsel to Akpoti-Uduaghan, and petitioner Zubairu Yakubu as a witness.   Nwaebonyi appeared on behalf of Akpabio. Tension, however, ran high when Ezekwesili rebuked  Nwaebonyi for interrupting her.  

    The remark elicited an immediate reaction from the senator, who considered it a grave affront.

    While the former minister admitted on live television that she used the words ’’ shut up,’’   Nwaebonyi in another programme apologised to her on grounds of an age difference and the fact that she admitted.  

    But during a television programme yesterday, the Senator who represents Ebonyi North again voiced his outrage.  He stressed that he would never speak to anyone in such a manner as Ezekwesili, especially in a public setting.

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