Akpabio, Yahaya Bello to testify in FG’s case against Natasha

Godswill Akpabio and Yahaya Bello

Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello are set to testify in the suit instituted against suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

Daily Sun reported that the federal government filed criminal charges against Akpoti-Uduaghan on Thursday over statements she made on national television alleging a plot to assassinate her.

According to online reports, the list of witnesses who will testify in the trial includes Godswill Akpabio and Yahaya Bello.

Akpoti-Uduaghan is accused of making defamatory allegations during a live broadcast on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on April 3, 2025.

Other witnesses in the case are Asuquo Ekpenyong, a senator;  Sandra Duru; Maya Iliya, an investigating police officer; and Abdulhafiz Garba, another investigating police officer.

It was also gathered that Akpabio and Bello are listed as the nominal complainants.

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