Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described as “sad and inexcusable” Senator Elisha Abbo’s alleged assault on a woman as shown in a trending video.
The alleged assault on the nursing mother reportedly occurred in a sex toy shop in Abuja on May 11, 2019, more than two months after Abbo defeated Sen. Binta Masi Garba to clinch the Adamawa North senatorial seat.
Atiku weighed in on the controversial video, which has generated widespread condemnation including from the presidency, in a terse statement on his verified social media handles on Wednesday.
Abbo is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) like the ex-vice president and is described as the youngest member of the 9th Senate.
The senator has since denied assaulting the woman, claiming that the video of the incident being circulated was “doctored”.
Atiku, who was the presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 general election, said, “I have seen the alleged assault video involving Sen. Elisha Abbo.
“The video is sad, inexcusable. I know the Senator quite well. But the law is clear and leaders must lead by example.
”I advise him to publicly apologize, voluntarily go to the police and show a good example expected of a young leader.
“I also call on our party, the PDP to take necessary disciplinary action and the Nigerian Police to ensure the law takes its full course.”
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