Alleged rape: I’m at home, not in police custody – Senator Abbo

Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo who represented Adamawa North Senatorial District in the 9th and beginning of the 10th Senate, has denied reports linking him to raping a 13–year–old Secondary School pupil in June this year.

Some media platforms were awash with reports yesterday that the embattled Senator was in Police Custody over the alleged rape of a 13–year–old Secondary School pupil on the strength of an accusation leveled against him by the mother of the allegedly raped teenager.

But in a swift reaction on Friday morning in Abuja, Senator Abbo refuted the allegation in its entirety describing it as baseless, unfounded, and mischievous.

Senator Abbo who reacted through a telephone conversation with some journalists covering the Senate, said he was in his Abuja residence ( Katampe extension) throughout Thursday and not in any radius, within the premises of a Police Station, let alone, custody.

“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 a desperate move of a female money monger in his direction to the Police who he said, requested N5 million from him.

“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 later,” he said.

Speculations surfaced online on Thursday alleging that the ex-lawmaker was in police custody following accusations that he s*xually 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 s*x toy shop in Abuja.

He was also previously accused of attempting to blackmail a married woman with an alleged s*x tape.