Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has set June 27 to give a final verdict in the case filed by suspended Kogi Central senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Natasha is challenging her suspension from the Senate.
She took the matter to court after the Senate, led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, suspended her over alleged misconduct.
She believed that her suspension was unfair and influenced by bias.
In her case, she added the National Assembly, the Senate, the Senate President, and Senator Neda Imasuem, who chairs the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Code of Conduct, as the defendants.
The matter was initially handled by Justice Obiorah Egwuatu, but he resigned, and it was given to Justice Binta Nyako.
Lawyers representing the Senate and President, Paul Daudu and Ekwo Ejembi, confirmed the filing of documents.
However, they noted that Akpoti-Uduaghan violated a court order.
They accused her of violating the court order by uploading a satirical apology to the Senate President on her Facebook page on March 27 and publishing it in various publications.
“The plaintiff had responded to our motion,” the lawyers stated, alluding to her actions after being accused of contempt.
Natasha’s other lawyer, Michael Numan, stated that they had received the motion accusing her of defying the court.
He also reminded the judge that they had previously filed a similar request, accusing the defendants of defying the court.
He said, “The alleged statement credited to the plaintiff had no connection with her,” and insisted that “the alleged contemptuous statement had no nexus with the plaintiff.”
