Court adjourns Natasha’s suit against Akpabio, others to March 25

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, to March 25, 2025.

This National Beam gathered is to enable the respondents in the suit; the Clerk of the National Assembly, the Senate, the President of the Senate, and Senator Neda Imasuem (erstwhile Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Code of Conduct), to file in their responses.

We further learnt earlier during the court proceedings yesterday, that Senator Akpabio, through his team of lawyers led by Mr Kehinde Ogunwumiju, SAN, queried the powers of the court to meddle in the affairs of the Senate.

They maintained that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan had yet to effect proper service of the court processes to enable them to file necessary applications to challenge the competence of the suit.

But this was refuted by the counsel to the plaintiff, Mr Michael Numa, SAN, who told the court that all the parties were duly served, drawing court’s attention to affidavits of service already in the records.

After Justice Obiora Egwatu presiding over the case confirmed that all the Defendants were served, Senator Akpabio’s lawyer prayed the court to grant a short adjournment for all the processes to be harmonised.

As all the lawyers agreed to their plea, Justice Egwuatu adjourned the matter to March 25, and ordered the parties to file and exchange all the necessary processes before the date.