Former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has described the arraignment of embattled Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as a wicked act of diversion from the original issue at hand.
She spoke after Akpoti-Uduaghan appeared at the Federal Capital High Court on Thursday over the criminal defamation charge brought against her by the Nigerian government on behalf of Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
Ezekwesili lamented that Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu is turning into a ‘Banana Republic.’
Speaking via a post on 𝕏 on Thursday, Ezekwesili said, “In a case of gross abuse of power, the @SPNigeria @NGRSenate @Senator_Akpabio co-opted the @NigeriaGov to turn the table on Senator @NatashaAkpoti whose demands for fair hearing and independent investigation of her sexual harassment allegations against him have so far fallen on deaf ears.
“It is a wicked act of diversion from the original issue in order to dodge accountability by the powerful who are sending a signal to Nigerian citizens that they also will be oppressed and silenced by should they ever dare speak up like the Kogi Senator.
“So in classic oddity, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan was arraigned in the FCT High Court today by lawyers of the Federal Government of Nigeria to prosecute her for “criminal defamation” on behalf of Senator Akpabio and his allies.
“Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan confidently pleaded Not Guilty to the 3-count charges.
“The height of irony in a Nigeria fast being turned into a Banana Republic by @officialABAT and his political cronies was that the FG lawyers filed and argued that Senator Uduaghan be denied bail and sent immediately to prison until the trail which the presiding Judge, Justice Orji fixed to commence on September 23, 2025.
“Justice Orji denied the FG lawyer’s request and granted @NatashaAkpoti bail immediately upon fulfilment of some conditions. She successfully fulfilled these at the end of the proceedings and walked out of the court in the company of her devoted husband.
“You needed to have seen the energetic response of her Constituents and other citizen-supporters. It was so heartening.
“Do you all remember the Senator’s legendary words—’This Injustice shall not be Sustained’—when this saga first started?
“She’s not backing down and continues to insist that her sexual harassment petition against @Senator_Akpabio is The Issue that cannot be ignored regardless of the shenanigans of those that seek to silence her.”
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