COURT ADJOURNS SENATOR AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN’S CYBERCRIME TRIAL TO NOVEMBER 24
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the cybercrime trial of the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, to November 24, 2025.
The new date was fixed on October 21, following the resumption of court activities that were disrupted the previous day by the #FreeNnamdiKanu protest led by activist Omoyele Sowore. The demonstration had forced a temporary shutdown of proceedings at the Federal High Court complex, including Justice Umar’s courtroom on the third floor.
Akpoti-Uduaghan is facing a six-count charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/195/2025, filed by the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Mohammed Abubakar. She is accused of transmitting false and injurious information via electronic means with the intent to malign, incite, endanger lives, and disturb public order.
According to the prosecution, the senator allegedly claimed during a gathering in Ihima, Kogi State, on April 4, that Senate President Godswill Akpabio instructed former Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello to have her killed. She was also said to have repeated the allegation during a television interview, asserting that both men plotted to eliminate her.
The charges were brought under the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) (Amendment) Act, 2024.
At the last hearing on September 22, the trial was stalled after Akpoti-Uduaghan’s counsel, Ehiogie West-Idahosa, filed a preliminary objection challenging the court’s jurisdiction. He argued that the prosecution amounted to an abuse of the Attorney General’s powers and also complained that the defence had not been served with statements of the prosecution witnesses.
Prosecuting counsel, David Kaswe, urged the court to allow the trial to proceed, but Justice Umar ruled that the objection must first be resolved before the substantive case could continue.
Akpoti-Uduaghan was first arraigned on June 30 and granted bail the same day. The court will now reconvene on November 24 for further proceedings once the jurisdictional issue is determined.
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