By Kingston Magare 6.12.2025
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan said she would prove in court Senate president Godswill Akpabio truly made sexual advances on her.
The Senator representing Kogi Central made the remark while confirming that her colleague Akpabio has filed a ₦200 billion defamation suit against her over sexual harassment allegations she made against him.
“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 on Facebook.
“Now, I am glad that Sen. Akpabio has brought this up because the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges failed to grant me audience on this issue, relying on the fact that Godswill Akpabio’s wife had instituted a defamatory case against me. Therefore, they couldn’t attend to a matter already in court.
“Albeit I couldn’t proceed to court because, by senate rules, I must still present my case before the Ethics committee (same committee that recommended my illegal suspension).
“Alas, I now have a chance to prove how I was sexually harassed and how my refusal to give in to his demands unleashed series of unprovoked and unprecedented attacks on my person.”
In February, Akpoti-Uduaghan, in an interview, alleged that the Senate president made sexual advances at her in his office and residence in Akwa Ibom.
The lawmaker alleged that her trouble in the Senate began after she rejected sexual advances from Akpabio.