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The federal government has filed a five-count criminal defamation charge against Onyekachi Nwebonyi, representing Ebonyi north, over alleged “vile and disparaging” comments made against Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan of Kogi central.
The case, marked CR/547/2025, was filed before the federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Abuja by Mohamed Babadoko Abubakar, director of public prosecutions (DPP), on behalf of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF).
According to court documents dated September 11, 2025, Nwebonyi, who serves as deputy chief whip of the senate, allegedly made several false and damaging statements against Akpoti-Uduaghan across television and online platforms between March 3 and 29, 2025.
The prosecution accused Nwebonyi of engaging in a deliberate smear campaign designed to ridicule and harm the reputation of the Kogi lawmaker and her husband, Emmanuel Uduaghan. Thecable
