The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday fined suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, ₦5m for contempt.
New Telegraph reports that Justice Binta Nyako, ruled that the suspended lawmaker went against her order by publishing a satirical apology to the Senator President, Godswill Akpabio.
The judge ordered Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan to apologise in two national dailies and on her Facebook page within seven days.
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Justice Nyako, while delivering judgment in the suit filed by Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan challenging her suspension, began with the contempt application filed by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
Akpabio, in his application, challenged the senator’s post on social media, arguing it violated an earlier court order restraining all parties from commenting to the press or making social media posts related to the case.
Akpoti-Uduaghan’s counsel argued that the post was not connected to the court’s order concerning her suspension, but rather referred to a separate issue involving sexual harassment allegations against the third respondent (Akpabio).
However, Justice Nyako held that after reviewing the post and the application before her instituted by the third respondent, she was satisfied that it was linked to the suspension matter before the court and therefore found the plaintiff guilty of contempt.
