Sexual Harassment: Akpabio’s Wife Raises The Stake, Sues Natasha For N250bn

For alleging that Senate President Godswill Akpabio se€ually harassed her, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has been sued by Akpabio’s wife, Unoma.

In suit no CV/814/25 filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, the Nation’s capital on Friday, Mrs Akpabio said the accusation has caused a serious emotionally damage to her, her children and the entire family.

She sued Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan for defamation and violation of her fundamental human rights, demanding that the Court award her N250 billion as damages.

The Senate President’s wife has earlier denied the allegation against her husband, saying he’s a responsible and respectable man; that Natasha was only trying to blackmail him.

Recall that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan had earlier sued the Senate President for N100 billion alleging defamation, citing a Facebook post by one of Akpabio’s aides, Mfon Patrick.

The suit was filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on 25 February, 2025,  through her Counsel, Victor Giwa.

In the suit,  Akpabio’s wife prayed the Court to restrict senator Akpoti-Uduaghan  from making further “inciteful, scandalous, and spiteful” statements against her and her husband.

The Senate President’s wife also demanded a public apology from the Senator representing Kogi State in the National Assembly, to be published in Thisday.

The magazine reported that trouble started when Senator Akpabio stopped the Kogi Senator from speaking during plenary because, according to him, she failed to sit on the seat allocated to her. This later led to a shouting match in the Red Chamber, with Akpabio demanding that she be ‘taken out’ from the Chamber.

Natasha will later allege that the reason why she was treated in that shabby manner was because she refused several intimate advances from the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State.

The clash between Akpabio, Nigeria’s number three citizen and the Kogi-born lawmaker has attracted mixed reactions from not a few Nigerians including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who said a thorough investigation of Natasha’s allegation must be conducted to ascertain the truth of the matter.