The Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has accused the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio if ordering the seizure of her travelling passport at the airport.
In a viral video sighted on Tuesday morning, Akpoti-Uduaghan was seen lamenting the seizure of her passport by Immigration officials at the airport.
Asking for the reason her passport was seized, the lawmaker stated that there was no ordered barring her from travelling. She said she had just finished a two weeks constituency project in Kogi Central and needed a one week break.
Making reference to all the court cases against by the government, she revealed that President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to withdraw all court cases filed against her.
The Senator explained that the President had already intervened in her case, saying there was no reason for her passport to be seized by Immigration officials.
She said, “There was no order. Yes, I know I have two Federal Government cases against me, of which the President of Nigeria instructed the Attorney-General of the Federation to cancel, to withdraw the cases.”
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu actually spoke to Godswill Akpabio to terminate all the cases against me. Because he admitted, he agreed that they were politically witch-hunting me with cases.
“So, there is no reason why my passport should be withheld at the International Airport. You have no right to that, madam,” she said to the Immigration official.
Visibly upset, the Kogi Central Senator showed the immigration officers in the background, claiming they had withheld her d for more than 20 minutes.
Speaking on to the phone, she said, “Is Godswill Akpabio so important? Why is he overruling boundaries?”
“Godswill Akpabio, the Senate President, has instructed the Comptroller-General of Customs to deny me exit, to withhold my passport. This is wrong,” Akpoti-Uduaghan said.
She noted that this was not the first time her travel had been restricted.
Recall that the Federal Government filed a fresh charge against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan at the Federal High Court, Abuja, intensifying its legal battle against the female lawmaker.
The new charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/195/25, was instituted on May 22, 2025, barely weeks after a similar charge, CR/297/25, was initially filed against her at the FCT High Court.
Both charges stemmed from allegations that Akpoti-Uduaghan made statements capable of harming the reputations of Senate President Akpabio and former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello.
By the time of this report, the Senate President Akpabio has not issued a statement on the allegation.