A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, has directed the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio and the suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Udusghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, their lawyers, as well as supporters to stop any form of media comments henceforth.
In a brief ruling today, April 4, Justice Binta Fatima Nyako said that there shall be no press interviews by all parties and their lawyers regarding the subject matter of the case
Justice Fatima Nyako gave the ruling in a suit filed by suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and three others.
The ruling followed a complaint by the lawyer to Akpabio, Kehinde Ogunwumiju (SAN), that the plaintiff, Natasha, was moving from one television house to another, granting press interviews on issues relating to her case, which is currently pending before the court.
In the ruling, Justice Nyako said there shall be no press interviews by all parties, even as she stopped streaming the proceedings of the case on social media.
