The Court of Appeal in Abuja has struck out two motions filed by Senate President Godswill Akpabio seeking to appeal a Federal High Court judgment that restrained the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions from taking disciplinary action against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Papers News reports that the motions, dated March 20 and 25, 2025, respectively, were withdrawn by Akpabio’s legal team and struck out by the appellate court. The court also ordered the payment of ₦100,000 in costs to Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The dispute stemmed from a March 10, 2025, ruling by Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/384/2025, which barred the Senate Committee from investigating Akpoti-Uduaghan. The Kogi Central Senator had been summoned after a heated exchange with Senate President Akpabio on February 20, 2025.