Court Finds Senator Natasha Guilty Of Contempt, Fines her N5m

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, July 3, found suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, guilty of contempt.

In a ruling delivered this morning, the court held that the lawmaker representing Kogi Central, went against its order by publishing a satirical apology to the Senator President, Godswill Akpabio.

We had reported that on April 7, Akpoti-Uduaghan had shared a satirical apology on her social media handles. The court held that the post made a mockery of a gag order that was placed on the parties by the court

Consequently, the court ordered Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan to within seven days, publish an apology to it in two national dailies and also on her Facebook page.

The court equally ordered her to pay N5 million fine, stressing that her contempt was in a civil proceeding.

Even though the court decision followed a contempt action that was initiated by Senator Akpabio, the court declined to issue any order in his favour.