Nigeria, Sept. 23 -- Kogi Central senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan's notice of preliminary objection filing, on Tuesday, stalled her defamation trial at the FCT High Court in Abuja.

This happened barely 24 hours after her cybercrime trial at the Federal High Court, also in Abuja, was similarly cut short under similar circumstances.

Both trials before the separate courts stemmed from her public remarks earlier in the year about Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, both of whom she accused of plotting to assassinate her. She denied the charges in both cases.

Her legal team filed notices of preliminary objection on her behalf to challenge her trial by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) o...