The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation on Thursday arraigned Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on charges related to the alleged intention to harm the reputation of Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello through comments she made during a TV interview and a private conversation.
After her arraignment, in which she pleaded not guilty, the court granted her bail in the sum of N50 million for alleged defamation.
The AGF charged Akpoti-Uduaghan with three counts of alleged defamation against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Governor Yahaya Bello.
The charge partly reads: “Making imputation knowing or having reason to believe that such imputation will harm the reputation of a person 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 AGF alleged that she had “reason to believe that such imputation will harm the reputation of Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, GCON, President of the 10th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”