Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has filed a N5 billion suit against Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, senator representing Ebonyi North, over alleged defamation.
Gatekeepers News reports that the suspended senator representing Kogi Central filled the lawsuit through her lawyer, Michael Jonathan Numa, at the federal capital territory high court.
Natasha asked the court to declare that the statements made by Nwaebonyi, senator representing Ebonyi North on March 6, 2025, are false and malicious.
According to the suspended senator; Nwaebonyi during an interview on Channels Television on March 6, 2025, referred to her as a “gold digger, habitual liar, and habitual blackmailer” during the interview.
Natasha asked the court to rule that the comments claiming that she is “a mother of six from different men” are false, malicious, and defamatory.
She said Nwaebonyi’s statements had caused significant harm to her reputation and embarrassment in the eyes of the public.
The Kogi lawmaker prayed the court to restrain Nwaebonyi from making any further malicious comments against her.
She asked the court to rule that Nwaebonyi pays the sum of N5 billion as “aggravated and exemplary damages in favour of the claimant for the false, malicious and injurious statement.”
The court document reads, “An order of perpetual injunction restraining the Defendant, his associates, agents, assignees, servants, privies, proxies, allies or anyone called from further publishing or causing to be published the words complained of or any other defamatory words concerning the Claimant.”
“An order of this Honourable Court compelling the Defendant to retract the defamatory words on the same platforms used to make the defamatory publications and tender an unreserved apology in at least two national newspapers electronically and vide print media circulated nationwide within 7 days from the day of the delivery of the judgment of this Honourable Court.”
“An order of this Honourable Court awarding the sum of N5 billion only, against the Defendant being aggravated and exemplary damages in favour of the Claimant for the false, malicious and injurious statements that have since caused the Claimant considerable distress, reputational harm, embarrassment, and emotional distress.”
“An order of this Honourable Court awarding post-judgment interest on the judgment sum awarded to the Claimant at the rate of 10% per annum from the date of delivery of the judgment until the judgment debt is fully liquidated.”
“The defendant’s characterization of the claimant as a ‘mother of six from different men’ is baseless, malicious, and indeed reckless.”
“The claimant is an inspiration to women in politics and aspiring women for speaking truth to power.”
“The claimant is not spoiling the chance of women in politics as falsely alleged, rather she is inspiring women to be bold in their quest for politics and good governance.”
