Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi State, and others have been sued by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Kogi Central for the 2023 elections, for associating her with terrorism.
Kingsley Fanwo, the state's director of information and communications, as well as the state government, are both being sued.
According to a statement by Fanwo, the Kogi State government asked the heads of Nigeria's security agencies to question Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan regarding alleged terrorism that could send the state back to "the dark era."
Fanwo said that the PDP senatorial candidate had done enough to be questioned about terrorism, such as when the PDP and organizations linked to her called for the release of an alleged terrorist.
In the lawsuit that Natasha’s lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), filed on her behalf on November 11, 2022, she said that the State government’s statement was false and hurt her reputation.
So, she asked the court to order the defendants to pay her N5 billion in damages.
The Kogi State Government had said before that it was worried that some politicians were training terrorists in the state and bringing them in from neighbouring States, even though Governor Bello had tried to get rid of terrorism in the state.