The suspended Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has been granted a N50 million bail.

Legit.ng earlier reported that Akpoti-Uduaghan arrived at the FCT High Court, Maitama, in Abuja for her arraignment over alleged defamation.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led federal government filed the charge through the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, Mohammed Abubakar.

The FCT High Court sitting at Maitama granted Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan over alleged defamation on Thursday, June 19, 2025.

As reported by Vangaurd, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan was arraigned on a three-count charge.

Justice Chizoba Orji rejected the Federal Government’s application for the defendant to be remanded in prison custody pending the determination of the case against her.

Justice Orji held that she found no reason to deny Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan bail.

According to the judge, there was sufficient evidence that the suspended lawmaker is willing to face her trial.

The court, however, said the defendant must produce one surety aside the N50 millionbail. The surety must be a person of integrity that owns a landed property in Abuja.

The judge explained that the ruling is based on section 36 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, as well as section 163 and 165 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015. The court subsequently adjourned the case till September 23, 2025, for trial.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is prosecuting the lawmaker for allegedly making a false claim that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and a former Governor of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, were behind plot to assassinate her.