Former Senator representing Adamawa North, Ishaku Elisha Abbo, has denied reports linking him to the alleged rape of a 13-year-old secondary school student, describing the claims as “baseless, unfounded and mischievous.”
Abbo, who spoke to journalists on Friday via telephone, insisted he had not been in police custody as reported by some media outlets, stressing that he spent Thursday at his Abuja residence in Katampe Extension.
“The said report is handiwork of my political detractors. It is an orchestrated smear campaign to disturb my peace by political enemies,” he said.
The embattled ex-lawmaker admitted, however, that he recently petitioned the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) over what he called a case of attempted extortion.
” I personally reported the desperate female money monger to theb Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), where both of us were later invited for questioning ,only for me to be reading or hearing completely different story several weeks after now “, he said .
Prime Reporters and other media outlets reported on Thursday, alleging that the ex-lawmaker was in police custody following accusations that he sexually assaulted a minor at his Katampe residence in Abuja on June 29, 2025.
The victim’s family also claimed that senator Abbo repeatedly tried to silence them by sending money to the girl’s father, and further alleged that Senator Aishatu Binani, the 2023 Adamawa governorship candidate, visited them to dissuade them from pursuing the case.
The latest controversy adds to a string of scandals that have trailed Abbo’s political career.
In 2019, he made national headlines after a viral video showed him assaulting a woman at a sex toy shop in Abuja.
He was also previously accused of attempting to blackmail a married woman with an alleged sex tape.