By Akinwale Kasali
Former Senator Elisha Abbo, who represented Adamawa North Senatorial District in the 9th and beginning of the 10th Senate, has debunked reports that he is detained at the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja following allegation of ra*ing a minor leveled against him.
The Adamawa State born former Lawmaker also denied reports linking him to ra*ing a 13-year-old Secondary School pupil in June this 2025.
The media was awash Thursday with reports linking the embattled former Senator to the alleged crime, and so, in Police custody over it.
In a swift reaction on Friday in Abuja, Senator Abbo refuted the allegation in its entirety, describing it as baseless, unfounded and mischievous.
Abbo said he was in his Abuja residence (Katampe extension) throughout Thursday and not within a police station, let alone police custody.
He said, “The said report is handiwork of my political detractors. It is an orchestrated smear campaign to disturb my peace by political enemies.”
He however admitted that he recently reported desperate move of a female money monger in his direction to the Police who requested for N5million from him.
“I personally reported the desperate female money monger to the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), where both of us were later invited for questioning, only for me to be reading or hearing completely different story several weeks after now.”
He, however, did not disclose why the woman was blackmailing him or the outcome of the Police invitation.
The former Senator had been involved in a string of scandals and controversies a couple of times in his political career.
In 2019, Abbo made national headlines after a viral video showed him assaulting a woman at an adult shop in Abuja, just as he was also previously accused of attempting to blackmail a married woman with an alleged adult tape.
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