During the defamation trial of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, Senators’ Senators, Senators’ Senators, and former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello would testify as witnesses.
The Federal Government is prosecuting the Kogi Central lawmaker at the FCT High Court in Abuja.
During a live television broadcast, she allegedly made disparaging remarks about Akpabio and Bello.
The only defendant in the May 16 lawsuit is Akpoti-Uduaghan  .
The senator was charged by the government of “making imputation knowing or having reason to believe that making imputation will harm a person’s reputation,” citing Section 391 of the penal code, CAP 89, and the 1990 federal laws. Section 392 of the same law imposes penalties for the offense.
According to the witness list, Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State, and Godswill Akpabio, the Senate president, will testify during the trial.
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One of the allegations involved former Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello and former Senate President Godswill Akpabio. Natasha accuses the duo of having an assassination plot.
The Senator is being accused of making an imputation after knowing or having cause to believe that it will harm a person’s reputation, according to Section 391 of the Penal Code Law, Cap 89, Laws of the Federation, 1990. Section 392 of the same law imposes penalties for the offense.
The Senator was accused of fabricating Senator Akpabio’s accusations in the TV interview, saying that “It was part of the meeting, the discussions that Akpabio had with Yahaya Bello that night eliminate me.”
Let’s ask the Senate President: “If not to make me more vulnerable to attacks, why did he first withdraw my security?” Then he emphasized that Kogi should kill me, but that I should also be.
Who will receive justice for me if the dead men who tell no tales don’t want to stay alive? According to a statement from the Senator, the Senator was aware of the possibility that such imputations would harm the Senate President’s reputation.
In violation of Section 391 of the Penal Code Law, Cap. 2, Akpoti-Uduaghan was charged with making an imputation knowing or having cause to believe that such imputation would harm a person’s reputation. 1989, and are subject to Section 392 of the same Law, according to the 1990 Laws of the Federation.
Source: Channels TV
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