Court adjourns Natasha’s defamation case to February 23

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A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Monday granted a request by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation to adjourn further proceedings in the criminal defamation case filed against the Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

Justice Chizoba Oji fixed a new date for the hearing of the senator’s preliminary objection after confirming that the court received a letter from the prosecution seeking an adjournment.

Akpoti-Uduaghan is facing a three-count charge of criminal defamation over her allegation that Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, plotted to kill her.

In response to the charges, she filed a preliminary objection challenging the AGF’s decision to institute two similar cases against her before the FCT High Court and the Federal High Court, describing it as an abuse of court process. Punch