The senator representing Adamawa North in the National Assembly Elisha Abbo has defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Abbo announced his defection in a letter addressed to the senate, read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan during Wednesday’s plenary session.
Abbo stated in his letter that his decision to defect to the APC is because of the mismanagement of the PDP in Adamawa state by Governor Umaru Fintiri.
The senator gained notoriety in July 2019 when news emerged that he physically assaulted one Osimibibra Warmate, a female attendant at a sex-toy shop in Abuja.
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Maitama awarded N50 million damages against Abbo, as compensation to be paid to the victim.
