Adamawa senator loses at appeal court, blames Akpabio
Elisha Abbo, Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in Adamawa State at the Nigerian 10th National Assembly, has lost case at the appeal court, paying court to uphold his election.
Abbo was sacked by the Court of Appeal on Monday, says the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, was behind his sack.
He also alleged that four other senators, who opposed the senate presidency bid of Mr Akpabio, would be sacked from the upper chamber through court judgements.
Mr Abbo made the allegations at a press briefing held at his Abuja residence on Monday, a few hours after the appeal court sitting in Abuja nullified his victory at the 25 February poll.
A three-member panel of the court presided over by C.E. Nwosu-Iheme had on Monday declared Amos Yohanna of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the validly elected lawmaker for Adamawa North senatorial district and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a Certificate of Return to the PDP candidate.
Mr Abbo, while briefing journalists after the judgement, listed Orji Kalu, the senator representing Abia North, as one of the five senators whose victory will also be nullified by the court.
He was, however, silent on the remaining three senators that will be removed from the Senate because of the alleged opposition to Mr Akpabio’s senate presidency ambition.
“I have it from a reliable source that myself and four other senators within the fold of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be removed from the Senate through rulings from the courts, all because of working against the emergence of Akpabio as President of the 10th Senate.
“I won’t mention the names of all the four other ones targeted but the next in line is Senator Orji Uzor Kalu,” he said.
Mr Abbo described the judgement sacking him from office as “a coup on democracy.”
He insisted that he won the senatorial election with a margin of 11,000 votes.
He, however, called on his supporters and members of his constituency to be calm.
