Ali Bello: Court berates Natasha over wrong usage of social media handle

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By KEMI KAYODE

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Maitama, on Tuesday, berated the suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, for wrongful usage of her X-handle (Twitter).

Justice Slyvanius Oriji, delivering the judgement, in a fundamental enforcement rights suit filed by Ali Bello, Chief of Staff to Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State, against the suspended senator, held that such conduct should not be from a person of her status.

Ali Bello had, on May 21, 2024 instituted the suit, marked: FCT/HC/CV/2574/2024, against Natasha as sole respondent, alleging breach of privacy among others.

Bello through his counsel, Adeola Adedipe, SAN, sought for eight reliefs among which are respect for his dignity and right to own and acquire property as enshrined in Sections 34(1), 35(1), 37, 43 and 44(1) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.

The applicant further complained of the publication of the pictures of his house and address in the senator’s X-handle @Natashaakpoti on March 15, 2024 against the provisions of Section 37 of the Constitution.

Bello claimed further that the respondent alleged in her social media post that he lodged former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, in the house he is living with his family when EFCC was looking for him.

He added that the lawmaker equally alleged that the house, which he lives in Abuja, belonged to the former governor whom they call ” White Lion of Kogi ‘