The senator who represented Adamawa North in the 9th Senate and part of the 10th Senate, Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo, has pushed back against reports that he was arrested by police over the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl, calling the story “a smear campaign by political enemies.”

The reports, which went viral on Thursday, claimed Abbo was in police custody after a teenager’s mother accused him of sexually assaulting her daughter at his Katampe residence on June 29, 2025.

Speaking to journalists by phone on Friday, Abbo insisted he spent the day in his Abuja home, not in detention.
“I was never arrested. I was in my house. The whole story is the handiwork of political detractors who want to smear me,” he said.

The senator admitted he had petitioned police weeks earlier against what he described as a “female money monger” who allegedly tried to extort ₦5 million from him, saying both parties were invited for questioning at the Force CID.

Meanwhile, the alleged victim’s family claims Abbo has made repeated attempts to silence them with money and alleged that Adamawa politician, Senator Aishatu Binani, personally visited them to discourage pursuing the case.

The fresh scandal revives long-standing questions around Abbo’s chequered public image. He first gained national notoriety in 2019 after a viral video captured him assaulting a woman in a sex toy shop, and he has since been linked to other controversies, including an alleged sex tape blackmail attempt.