Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi Central says Senate President Godswill Akpabio has filed a ₦200 billion defamation suit against her over her claims of sexual harassment.
In a post on Facebook, she said the case was filed at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja. She also shared a court order signed by U.P. Kekemeke that directs she be served by substituted means through the clerk of the National Assembly. The order is dated November 6 and the matter is listed to start on January 21, 2026.
“Today, being the 5th day of December, 2025, I’m in receipt of the newly instituted 200 billion naira suit against me by Senator Godswill Akpabio claiming defamation on sexual harassment,” she wrote.
Akpoti said the case will allow her a “chance to prove how I was sexually harassed”. She added that the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges would not hear her earlier complaint because Mrs Akpabio had already started a separate defamation case. The senator said that by Senate rules she had to bring the matter first to the Ethics Committee before going to court, and that rule kept her from filing sooner.
She said she now has an opportunity to show the public what happened, and that her refusal to meet certain demands led to the attacks on her reputation. Akpoti described the legal fight as a way to clear her name and to set the record straight.
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