Senator Elisha Abbo has dumped the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The lawmaker was elected the representative of Adamawa
North Senatorial district in the 2019 elections on the platform of
the PDP.
During plenary on Wednesday, November 25, 2020,
Senate President Ahmad Lawan, read a letter of
defection signed by Abbo stating his change of party platforms.
Abbo said his exit from the PDP was as a result of the
mismanagement of the party’s Adamawa chapter by the state governor,
Ahmadu Fintiri, whom he accused of causing an
internal crisis.
Abbo further noted that he joined the APC to assist
President Muhammadu Buhari build a better
Nigeria.
The lawmaker claimed that no democratic president since
1999 has paid attention to the welfare of Nigerians as much as
Buhari.
“The journey may be long, but we are on the right
track as I strongly believe that by the end of the tenure of Mr
President, Nigeria will be a better place,” he said.
Lawan praised
the defection as a show of patriotism, purpose, and unity for the
development of the country.
We’re inviting the remaining distinguished
colleagues to join hands with the APC to build the Nigeria of our
dreams,” he said.
Abbo’s tenure as a lawmaker has been overshadowed by an
assault scandal for which he was arraigned in court on criminal
charges.
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The emergence of a video that captured the lawmaker
assaulting Osimibibra Warmate in May 2019 led to
widespread outrage.
He was subsequently charged with two counts of criminal
use of force and criminal assault when he was arraigned before a
Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja on July 8, 2019.
The magistrate, Abdullahi Ilelah,
ruled in July 2020 that the evidence and exhibits tendered to the
court did not prove the criminal charges against the lawmaker.
However, a
fundamental rights suit filed by Warmate before the FCT High Court
found Abbo liable for the assault according to a ruling delivered
on September 28.
Justice Samira Bature ordered the
lawmaker to pay a fine of N50 million and tender a public apology
to his victim.
Abbo has appealed the judgement, noting that his victim
used inappropriate means of seeking redress.
The lawmaker also considered the N50 million award in
favour of Warmate as excessive.
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