Suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, will be arraigned in court on Tuesday.
She will be answering to charges of alleged defamation of Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
This was confirmed by her lead counsel, West Idahosa (SAN), on Sunday.
Natasha’s ordeal started after she refused to accept a change in seat allocation during Senate plenary and was then suspended for breaching standing rules.
She then went ahead to accuse the Senate President of sexual harassment.
Not done, she appeared on national television where she accused the Akpabio and former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello of plotting to kill her.
A petition filed by Akpabio to the Inspector General of Police led to the charges filed against her on May 16, 2025, at the Federal Capital Territory High Court and marked CR/297/25.
It was gathered that the earlier charges filed against the Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District of Kogi State, has been amended by the Nigerian Government.
Idahosa expressed uncertainty about whether the Government planned to arraign her on Tuesday, owing to the amendment.
He said that whatever the plans of the Federal Government, Akpoti-Uduaghan, as a law-abiding citizen, would comply with the court’s directives.
These statements reportedly targeted the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
According to the charge, filed on May 16, 2025, at the Federal Capital Territory High Court and marked CR/297/25, Akpoti-Uduaghan is accused of making a statement during an appearance on Politics Today on Channels TV on April 3, 2025, where she alleged that Akpabio and Yahaya Bello, a former governor of Kogi State, discussed plans to assassinate her.
“It was part of the meeting, the discussions that Akpabio had with Yahaya Bello that night— to eliminate me… he then emphasised that I should be killed in Kogi,” the charge quoted her as saying.
Additionally, the government accused Akpoti-Uduaghan of making defamatory remarks in a telephone conversation on March 27, 2025.
In the conversation with a woman named Dr Sandra Duru, Akpoti-Uduaghan allegedly claimed that Akpabio was linked to organ harvesting involving the late Iniubong Umoren, purportedly for the benefit of his ailing wife.
Akpabio, Bello, and four others have been listed as key witnesses in the trial.