Nigeria, June 30 -- The senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, pleaded not guilty on Monday in the second criminal case involving her alleged defamatory remarks against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello.

Trial judge M. G Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja granted her bail after the federal government arraigned her on six counts of cyberbullying.

The charges stemmed from remarks she made during a homecoming rally in her hometown, Ihima, Kogi State, on 1 April, and in a live appearance on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on 3 April, accusing Messrs Akpabio and Bello of plotting to assassinate her.

According to the charges filed by the Department of Publ...