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Federal High Court to Deliver Judgment on Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Suspension Case
The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed June 27 for judgment in a suit filed by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and other defendants over her alleged unlawful suspension from the senate.
Justice Binta Nyako, who adjourned the matter for judgment, also revealed that issues of contempt claim by Mr. Akpabio against Mrs. Akpoti-Uduaghan and vice versa would be decided. The court will equally deliver judgment on the preliminary objection filed by all the defendants, including the senate president, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the case.
The matter was adjourned after Michael Numa, SAN, who appeared for Mrs. Akpoti-Uduaghan, and Kehinde Ogunwumiju, SAN, who represented Akpabio, and lawyers to other defendants, identified and adopted their processes in the suit. Justice Nyako stated that she would first look at the issues of contempt and then consider the notices of preliminary objection filed by the defendants.
The suspended senator, who represents Kogi Central Senatorial District, had filed the suit to stop the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions from proceeding with disciplinary proceedings against her over alleged misconduct. The Senate had suspended Mrs. Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months following the committee’s report on her alleged gross misconduct, despite a pending suit before the court.
The court had earlier restrained all parties in the suit from granting media interviews or engaging in social media posts regarding the subject matter. However, Mr. Akpabio accused the embattled senator of flouting the court order by posting a "satirical letter of apology" on her Facebook page. Mrs. Akpoti-Uduaghan, in a counter affidavit, accused Akpabio of attempting to curb her right to free speech, maintaining that her recent satirical letter to the Senate president was not in breach of the court order.
The court will now decide on the contempt claims and preliminary objection before delivering judgment on the substantive suit. The suspended senator’s six-month suspension is expected to end soon, and her lawyer, Mr. Numa, has appealed to the court for speedy proceedings in the suit.
