Adamawa-North lawmaker, Senator Elisha Abbo, has been drawn into a fresh scandal as a photojournalist, Olumuyiwa Owolabi, has accused him of assault and breach of agreement.

Owolabi told The PUNCH that Abbo not only assaulted him but got the police to lock him up in Adamawa.
He said he first met Abbo in 2014 during the run-up to the June 2014 Ekiti State governorship election which Ayodele Fayose won.

Owolabi said, “On approaching Senator Abbo to enforce the contract agreement we had, he refused to pay. He ignored several pleas for him to just give me part of my money.

“On the fateful day we wanted to travel together to Mubi for the last campaign, Boko Haram invaded the place prior to the day we ought to have travelled. Due to the attack by Boko Haram, I began to plead with him that I needed to leave the state.

“After several text messages and calls put through to him were ignored, I had no choice but to sit in front of his room where he was lodged at Dansoho Hotel, Yola. This was around 5pm.”

The photojournalist alleged that when Abbo saw him, he got so angry that he began to beat him, slapping him repeatedly.

Owolabi said Abbo quickly called a policeman and told the cop that he was a Boko Haram suspect and should be arrested immediately.

The photojournalist further stated, “As soon as he came out, I began to plead with him that I had to go. The next thing he said was that I was embarrassing him. He started beating and slapping me. He told his orderly to put me inside the pickup truck. He told them to point their guns at me and that he would kill me and tell people I was a member of Boko Haram.

“When I heard that statement, I was shocked because I didn’t know anybody there and I couldn’t speak their language fluently. No one could come to my rescue when he brutalised me, causing me to sprain my ankle.

“I began begging him to just leave me and let me go that I would leave the money for him because of his action.”

He alleged that Abbo’s police escort took him to Kaliwa Police Division around 2am with the instruction that he should be shot dead if he failed to comport himself.

Owolabi said Abbo had broken his phone at the time and so he was locked up in the police station without any means of contacting anyone.

The photojournalist added, “He had damaged my phone I couldn’t contact anybody; he tore my clothes and I was virtually naked.

“That very night, on getting to Kaliwa police station, I begged the investigating police officer to please let me use his phone to talk to one of my relatives. That was how I called one of my brothers that pleaded with the IPO to assist me out of the situation.

“The DPO came the following morning and begged him (Abbo) to give me transport fare to go back to meet my family. Till date, he hasn’t paid me the money.”
The photojournalist, who pleaded with Nigerians to help him, also shared photos of private chats he purportedly had with the senator.

Attempts to speak with the senator proved abortive as calls put through to his telephone indicated that it was switched off while a text message was not responded to as of 7am on Thursday.

https://www.pressmanng.com/2019/07/senator-elisha-abbo-in-fresh-scandal-as.html?m=1

He is a terrorist. A qualified one

Wailers PDP senator

We always find a way to get such animals as leaders.

The incidence happened since 2017 and you kept mute. Your prolong silence has reduce your chance to gather evidence against him. In as much as I want the guy prosecuted for his various misdemeanours, Oga photo journalist, you goofed

NaMe4:
We always find a way to get such animals as leaders.

You and who?

This man represents everything that is wrong about our political system, I heard people talking about allowing young people rule in Nigeria and I just laugh. Nigerian young people that when they make 2 million Naira even their neighbour will become their slave and everybody becomes like ants to them. You think this elders are not ruling well? wait till the young ones that have never struggled for anything in their lives start ruling.

Na so, clearly opposition has hijacked this unfortunate Michael Jackson's case . Baba where your video evidence

This man has been battering people. It was just that this incident being caught on CCTV brought him to his waterloo

This guy village people don finally open him file


Sen. Abbo and Yahaya Bello are a disgrace to the not-too-young-to-run movement


Power corrupts!!!

I saw it on channels today

Wetin person no go see for Naija. See this screenshot below

No sense

APC member , Timothy who was bathing naked in ogun state is know speaker
Omo-agege a thief now deputy senate

There is no Kaliwa Police Station in the whole of Adamawa state and in fact there is nowhere in Adamawa state call or called Kaliwa.

Hmmm

Keep it rolling in

Abeg, this wind that's blowing fowl yansh everywhere, should continue blowing...let's see whether it would bring about the better Nigeria we all hope for...


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This one has nothing to offer this country na...HE looks lyk an upcoming artist who jxt tasted henessy for the first time...

Sad

The cup of Abbo is filled, and he is reaping the fruits of his labor speedily.

Another Fatoyinbo loading!

why wait till now to report this.

Am sure his educational documents are forged

If not for the CCTV this idiot would have denied everything that happened.
This kinda short people must have been assaulting people since.
I wonder why they haven't stripped him of his post and handed him to the police.
Leaders must lead by example and a stronger punishment if any of them breaks the law.