Ishaku Elisha Abbo, a senator who served in the 9th and early 10th Senates and represented Adamawa North Senatorial District, has denied reports that he was at the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja on June 29, 2025, where he allegedly raped a 13-year-old secondary school student at his Katampe home.
According to information obtained online on Thursday, the troubled former senator was being held by the police in connection with the alleged rape of a 13-year-old secondary school student.
The report also stated that Senator Abbo sent money to the girl’s father in an attempt to hush the victim’s family on multiple occasions. It also emphasized that Senator Aishatu Binani, the 2023 Adamawa governorship candidate, paid them a visit to discourage them from pursuing the issue.
In a quick response, Senator Abbo called the accusation “baseless, unfounded, and mischievous” in an interview with several Senate reporters on Friday.
According to Abbo, he spent the entire Thursday in his home in Abuja and was not even in a police station, much less under arrest.
“The aforementioned report was created by my political critics,” he declared. It is a planned smear campaign by political rivals to disrupt my tranquility.
However, Senator Abbo acknowledged that he recently informed the police about a female money-middling person’s frantic attempt to harm him.
“I personally reported the desperate female money-moiner to the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), and we were both invited for questioning,” he continued. “However, a few weeks later, I am reading or hearing a completely different story.”
