Senate probes Sen Elisha over assault allegations – TheNigerialawyer

The Senate on Wednesday raised an adhoc committee to investigate
the allegations of assault laid against Senator Elisha Abbo Cliff
(PDP, Adamawa).

Elisha was alleged to have beaten a lady recently at a toy shop
in Abuja. The video of the incident went viral on the social media
on Tuesday.

Raising the matter on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday under
matters of privileges, Senator Uba Sani (APC, Kaduna), the senator
said the development has brought him and the entire Senate to
ridicule.

He said he had received over 111 calls between Tuesday evening
and Wednesday morning from both within and outside Nigeria, and
that he was severely embrassed by the incident as a senator of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

He said the Senate must take a decisive action on the issue in
order to redeem its image, battered as a result of the
incident.

At this point, Senate President Ahmad Lawan said whatever that
was seen or read on the social media and the main stream media on
the matter remained allegations unless they were investigated.

Contributing, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti), suggested
that the matter should be investigated to unravel the true
situation of what transpired.

On his part, Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP,
Abia), said the Senate rules provided how each and every senator
should behave both within and outside the chamber.

He said as privileged Nigerians, they have the responsibility of
behaving in a good way, but that the matter at hand could not be
judged until an investigation was done.

Senate Leader, Senator Abdullahi Yahaya (APC, Kebbi) supported
the move to constitute an adhoc panel to probe the matter.

Senate President Lawan then remarked that he had received
several calls from within and outside the country on the issue,
noting that the Senate would not condone any act of violence
against Nigerians.

He said the investigation would provide an opportunity for Sen
Abbo to defend himself and the lady alleged to have been assaulted
an avenue to prove her case.

He consequently announced that the adhoc panel would be headed
by Senator Samuel Egwu (PDP, Ebonyi), with senators Oluremi Tinubu
(APC,Lagos), Matthew Urhoghide (PDP, Edo), Stella Oduah (PDP,
Anambra), Mohammed Sani Musa (APC, Niger), Danladi Sankara (APC,
Jigawa) and Halliru Dauda Jika (APC, Bauchi) as members.

The Senate President gave the adhoc panel two weeks to conclude
its assignment.

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