The lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the National Assembly, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Thursday disclosed that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, is yet to withdraw several cases initiated against her.
Naijaonpoint recalls that Akpabio recently disclosed that he has directed his lawyers to withdraw all pending defamation lawsuits he instituted against several individuals, saying the decision followed counsel he received during a New Year Mass.
Akpabio disclosed this while speaking at the Sacred Heart Parish in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on January 1.
According to him, he had filed nearly nine defamation cases against individuals he accused of lying against him and tarnishing his reputation.
However, addressing journalists on Thursday, shortly after two separate charges, which the Federal Government had filed against her, were struck out, Senator Natasha revealed that, contrary to media reports, Akapabio and his wife are yet to withdraw the cases against her.
“I will like to mention for clarity that these cases do not form part of the cases the Senate President mentioned in church.
“As at today, he has not instructed his lawyers to discontinue several cases that he and his wife initiated,” the Kogi lawmaker stated.
She further disclosed that it was President Bola Tinubu who ordered the withdrawal of charges against her.
“The withdrawal of these two federal government cases against me only proved what we had always known, which is that these cases were maliciously instigated by two individuals who used power to their advantage, to witchhunt an innocent person which is myself.
“But I will like to extend a sincere appreciation to President Tinubu for standing with the truth and in his commitment to justice, ordered the discontinuance of these two cases.
“I have never doubted that Nigeria is a land of possibilities and that the truth somehow would always get one vindicated.
“Now, I can actually rest and resume my work fully because it has been a whole lot, these past months.
“No matter how strong and tough one is, for a person like me that had never been invited by the police for anything and does not have any case of financial embezzlement or drug abuse- I am one that can actually very xalled a good citizen of Nigeria- to just be slammed simultaneously with two federal government cases, that was a whole lot.
“But they say whatever does not break you makes you stronger. I will say that I was actually toughened. It is not something I would want to experience, and I would not wish it for anybody.
“At the end of the day, justice prevailed,” Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan added.