Ex-Adamawa North Senator Denies Arrest, Alleged Rape Of Minor

Former lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Senator Ishaku Abbo, has denied reports linking him to the rape of a 13-year-old secondary schoolhouse pupil successful June, 2025.

Some media platforms (not LEADERSHIP) had connected Thursday, reported that the erstwhile lawmaker was apprehended by the Police implicit the alleged rape pursuing accusation against him by the parent of the allegedly raped teenager.

However, successful a swift absorption connected Friday successful Abuja, Senator Abbo refuted the allegation successful its entirety, describing it arsenic baseless, unfounded and mischievous.

Senator Abbo who reacted done telephone speech with immoderate journalists covering the Senate, said helium was successful his Abuja residence passim Thursday and not successful constabulary custody .

“The said study is handiwork of my governmental detractors. It is an orchestrated smear run to disturb my bid by governmental enemies”, helium said.

He, however, admitted that helium precocious reported a hopeless determination by idiosyncratic helium called a pistillate wealth monger to the Police who helium said requested for N5million from him.

“I personally reported the hopeless pistillate wealth monger to the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), wherever some of america were aboriginal invited for questioning, lone for maine to beryllium speechmaking oregon proceeding wholly antithetic communicative respective weeks aft now”, helium said.

Speculations surfaced online connected Thursday alleging that the ex-lawmaker was successful constabulary custody pursuing accusations that helium sexually assaulted a insignificant astatine his Katampe, Abuja residence connected June 29, 2025.

The victim’s household besides claimed that Senator Abbo repeatedly tried to soundlessness them by sending wealth to the girl’s father, and further alleged that Senator Aishatu Binani, the 2023 Adamawa governorship campaigner of the All Progressives Congress (APC), visited them to dissuade them from pursuing the case.