I was not arrested by Police for defiling a 13-year-old Girl – Senator cries out
I was not arrested by Police for defiling a 13-year-old Girl – Senator cries out
Former Senator representing Adamawa North, Ishaku Elisha Abbo, has denied allegations circulating online that he raped a 13-year-old girl, dismissing the report as false, malicious, and part of an extortion scheme.
Speaking to journalists on Friday, Abbo refuted claims that he was detained by the Nigeria Police Force over the alleged incident.
According to him, the allegation stemmed from a failed attempt to blackmail him for N5 million by a woman who threatened to accuse him of sexually assaulting her daughter if he did not pay.
The former lawmaker stated that upon receiving the threat, he proactively reported the matter to the police and was later invited to provide details, alongside the accuser.
“At no point was I arrested or detained. I did not spend a minute in any police cell,” Abbo said.
“The story being circulated is baseless, unfounded, and clearly a targeted smear campaign.”
His response follows a report by an online news platform (Not TVC News) on Thursday, which alleged that Abbo had turned himself in to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID) in Abuja following a rape accusation involving a teenage secondary school student.
The report also claimed that another former senator from Adamawa had visited the girl’s family to persuade them to stay silent and that Abbo had allegedly sent money to the victim’s father in a bid to cover up the matter.
The incident was alleged to have taken place on June 29, 2025, at the senator’s residence in Katampe, Abuja.
Abbo, however, insisted that the entire narrative was fabricated and aimed at damaging his reputation.
He maintained that he was at his Katampe Extension home throughout the day on Thursday, contrary to the report’s claim that he was at the FCID.
He described the publication as a deliberate attempt to mislead the public and called on media outlets to verify facts before publishing damaging allegations.
Abbo, who served in the Ninth Senate, has previously faced public scrutiny, including a high-profile assault case in 2019.
“The said report is the handiwork of my political detractors. It is an orchestrated smear campaign to disturb my peace by political enemies,” he said.
He however admitted that he recently reported to the police a case of attempted blackmail and extortion by a woman who allegedly demanded that he should give her N5million or be reported to the police for alleged sexual assault against her daughter.
“I personally reported the desperate female money monger to the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), where both of us were later invited for questioning, only for me to be reading or hearing a completely different story several weeks after now.
”The report that I raped a girl and that I was detained at the FCID is baseless, mischievous and fake,” he said.
