A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped UK-based activist Dr. Sandra Duru (Prof Mgbeke) and Meta Platforms (Facebook’s operator) from sharing allegedly defamatory content about Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan
The court granted an interim injunction pending the suit’s determination, citing a “serious question to be tried” and potential “irreparable damage” to the senator’s reputation. The judge ordered Dr. Duru to refrain from posting defamatory content about Akpoti-Uduaghan on social media.
The development comes eight months after Duru released what she described as evidence from exclusive phone conversations, which she claimed showed that the then-suspended lawmaker lied against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, over a controversial sexual harassment allegation.
The activist, who made the claims during a Facebook Live session monitored by our correspondent, alleged that Akpoti-Uduaghan also attempted to induce her with N200m to falsely accuse the former Akwa Ibom State governor of organ harvesting.
