The federal government has filed criminal charges against the suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over statements she made on a national television alleging a plot to assassinate her.
The charges against Akpoti-Uduaghan were linked to an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, on April 3, 2025, wherein she accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello of plotting to assassinate her.
The charge, which was sighted by newsmen in Abuja, was filed before an FCT High Court against Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan on allegations contrary to Section 391 of the Penal Code Law, Cap 89, Laws of the Federation, 1990 and punishable under Section 392 of the same law.
The federal government alleged, thus, “That you, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on or about the 3rd day of April 2025, during the same Politics Today programme on Channels Television in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, made the following imputation concerning Yahaya Adoza Bello, former Governor of Kogi State.”
The federal government also accused the embattled senator of having, in the TV interview, made imputation concerning Senator Akpabio, saying that, “It was part of the meeting, the discussions that Akpabio had with Yahaya Bello that night to eliminate me.”
She was quoted as saying, “Let’s ask the Senate president, why in the first instance did he withdraw my security, if not to make me vulnerable to attacks. He then emphasised that I should be killed, but I should be killed in Kogi.
“What is important to me is to stay alive, because dead men tell no tales; who is going to get justice for me?” she added.
