The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, set September 22, 2025, for the commencement of trial in a cybercrime suit against the suspended senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Udauaghan.
The trial commenced following her arraignment on six counts bordering on alleged cybercrime before Justice Mohammed Umar, to which she pleaded not guilty.
The suspended senator was admitted to bail on self-recognition after Monday’s arraignment.
The charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/195/2025, filed by the Director of Public Prosecution, Mohammed Abubakar, against the senator, alleged that she made false and damaging statements against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.
According to the charge, Akpoti-Udauaghan was alleged to have said: “Akpabio told Yahaya Bello… that he should make sure that killing me does not happen in Abuja, it should be done in Kogi, so it will seem as if it is the people that killed me.”
Days later, during an appearance on Channels TV’s Politics Today, she was alleged to have reiterated the allegations, asserting: “It was part of the meeting, the discussions that Akpabio had with Yahaya Bello that night… to eliminate me.”
The charge claims Akpoti-Udauaghan allegedly transmitted false and injurious information via electronic means with the intention to malign, incite, and endanger lives and breach public order.
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