The Court of Appeal in Abuja has struck out two motions filed by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, in a case involving Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, and imposed a ₦100,000 fine against him.
A three-man panel of justices, led by Justice Hamman Barka, gave the ruling on May 21, 2025, after Akpabio applied to withdraw the motions.
The certified true copy of the ruling was obtained on Tuesday night.
The motions, filed on March 3 and March 25, 2025, with suit numbers CV/395/M1/2025 and CV/395/M2/2025 respectively, were struck out following Akpabio’s request to discontinue the appeal.
The respondents in the matter were Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Clerk of the National Assembly, the Senate, and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, Senator Neda Imasuen.
Akpabio had approached the appellate court seeking leave to appeal the decision of the Federal High Court in Abuja (Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/384/2025) delivered on March 10, 2025, on grounds of mixed law and fact.
He also sort an extension of time to file his notice of appeal and a stay of proceedings at the lower court pending the outcome of his appeal.
However, the Court of Appeal granted his request to withdraw the motions and struck them out accordingly.
In its ruling, the court stated: “Application seeking to withdraw the two motions dated and filed on 20/3/2025 and 25/3/2025 is granted, and the motions are struck out. Costs of ₦100,000 are awarded to the 1st Respondent.”
The appeal itself, marked CA/ABJ/PRE/ROA/CV/395M/2025, was also ordered to be deleted from the court’s record.
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