Akpabio heads to Supreme Court over Natasha suspension ruling

Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has approached the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn a ruling of the Court of Appeal, Abuja division, arising from the legal dispute involving Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

Akpabio is challenging the appellate court’s decision to strike out his brief of argument in an appeal connected to the suspension of Akpoti-Uduaghan. Sources in Abuja disclosed that the Senate President’s legal team proceeded to the apex court after the Appeal Court declared his brief fundamentally defective and incompetent.

The Court of Appeal held that Akpabio’s brief failed to comply with mandatory provisions of the Court of Appeal Rules. The court cited several procedural violations, including the use of unauthorised font size and line spacing, exceeding the stipulated 35-page limit, and failure to seek leave of court to regularise the defects.