{"id":5304,"date":"2025-04-07T11:11:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=5304"},"modified":"2025-04-08T11:12:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T11:12:25","slug":"senator-natasha-slams-n5bn-lawsuit-against-nwaebonyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/04\/07\/senator-natasha-slams-n5bn-lawsuit-against-nwaebonyi\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Natasha Slams N5bn Lawsuit Against Nwaebonyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"l-shared-sec-outer show-mobile\">\n<div class=\"l-shared-sec\">\n<div class=\"l-shared-items effect-fadeout is-color\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e-ct-outer\">\n<div class=\"entry-content rbct clearfix is-highlight-shares\">\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_1_host\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan representing Kogi central has filed a \u20a65 billion lawsuit against Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi\u00a0 sen representing Ebonyi north cnetral before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, accusing him of defamation over several alleged false statements made during media interviews in March 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The suit, which was filed by Senator Natasha\u2019s legal team led by M.J. Numa, SAN, highlights a series of defamatory comments made by Senator Nwaebonyi on national television platforms, including Channels Television and Arise News. The claimant\u2019s legal team is seeking multiple declarations from the court, asserting that the statements were malicious, false, and damaging to her public image.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_2_host\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>One of the central accusations stems from an interview with Senator Nwaebonyi on Channels TV\u2019s Sunrise Daily on March 6, 2025, where he allegedly referred to Senator Natasha as a \u201cgold digger,\u201d \u201chabitual liar,\u201d and \u201chabitual blackmailer.\u201d In the legal documents, Senator Natasha\u2019s lawyers argue, \u201cThese statements were not only false but intended to tarnish her public image and reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit also refers to another interview on Arise News TV, aired on March 3, 2025, where Senator Nwaebonyi allegedly claimed that Senator Natasha was \u201ca mother of six from different men.\u201d Her legal team contends that such remarks were \u201cdeliberately made to injure her character and diminish her credibility,\u201d particularly as a public figure and a female politician.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the lawsuit includes videos published on YouTube, particularly one from News Central TV on March 27, 2025. In this clip, Senator Nwaebonyi allegedly stated that Senator Natasha\u2019s marriage was a product of blackmail and that she had once demanded \u20a610 billion from her husband. The same video also reportedly contained accusations that she had falsely alleged sexual harassment against a former presidential aide.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-sec related-5\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<div class=\"block-h heading-layout-12\">\n<div class=\"heading-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"autors-widget\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"autors-container-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition to the financial compensation, Senator Natasha is demanding a retraction of the defamatory statements and an apology in national newspapers and other media outlets within seven days of the court\u2019s judgment.<\/p>\n<p>The claimant is also seeking an order of perpetual injunction to prevent the defendant and his associates from publishing further defamatory comments.<\/p>\n<p>The court proceedings have not yet been assigned a hearing date, as the defendant is expected to respond within 21 days from the date of service of the writ.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan representing Kogi central has filed a \u20a65 billion lawsuit against Senator Onyekachi Nwaebonyi\u00a0 sen representing Ebonyi north cnetral before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, accusing&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5304"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5307,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5304\/revisions\/5307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}