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Court finds Senator Natasha guilty of contempt, fines her N5

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, found the suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, guilty of contempt.

The court, in a ruling delivered by Justice Binta Nyako, noted that the embattled lawmaker went against its order by publishing a satirical apology to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.

It held that the said apology, which she published on her Facebook page on April 7, made a mockery of a gag order that had been placed on the parties by the court.

Consequently, the court ordered Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan to, within seven days, publish an apology to it in two national dailies and also on her Facebook page.

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The court equally ordered her to pay a N5 million fine, stressing that her contempt was in a civil proceeding.

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Even though the court’s decision followed a contempt action initiated by Senator Akpabio, it declined to issue any order in his favour.

Meanwhile, the court has proceeded to deliver its judgment on the suit Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan filed to quash the six-month suspension that was imposed on her by the Senate.

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