The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the cybercrime case against suspended Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to October 20, 2025, after her defence team raised a preliminary objection challenging the court’s jurisdiction.
Akpoti-Uduaghan is facing a six-count charge (FHC/ABJ/CR/195/2025) under the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) (Amendment) Act, 2024.
She is accused of electronically transmitting false and injurious information allegedly intended to incite violence, endanger lives, and disturb public order. The charges are linked to remarks she purportedly made on April 4, 2025, in Ihima, Kogi State, where she accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of directing former Governor Yahaya Bello to have her killed. She allegedly repeated the allegation in a subsequent television interview.
At Monday’s proceedings, prosecuting counsel David Kaswe informed the court that his first witness was ready to testify, with a television screen already set up for evidence presentation.
However, defence counsel Ehiogie West-Idahosa (SAN) urged the court to first rule on the preliminary objection, arguing that the prosecution was an abuse of the Attorney-General’s powers and that the defence had yet to receive the prosecution’s witness statements.
Justice Mohammed Umar ruled that the objection must be determined before trial could proceed and adjourned the case to October 20 for hearing on the objection and possible commencement of trial.
