Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, and rights crusader Aisha Yesufu have arrived at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, at Maitama, ahead of the scheduled arraignment of the suspended Senator for Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The Kogi senator is charged with criminal defamation over allegations she made against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello.
She says her prosecution is meant to silence. She had accused Akpabio of sexually harassing her.
Ezekwesili, who had staunchly defended the embattled female lawmaker, was joined in the courtroom by other notable rights activists, including Aisha Yesufu.
Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan is expected to take her plea before trial Justice Chizoba Orji.
She had entered the court premises, beefed up with armed security operatives, in the company of her husband and lawyers, around 10:27 am.
The Federal Government is prosecuting the lawmaker over allegations that she made a false claim that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and a former Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, were behind a plot to assassinate her.
The Federal Government, in the three-count charge marked CR/297/25, alleged that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, who was listed as the sole defendant, made the false and defamatory remarks when she appeared as a guest on live television.
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