Nigerian senator in sex shop fight won’t take oath at investigation

LAGOS-(MaraviPos)-Elisha Abbo, the Nigerian senator involved in a fight in a sex shop in the capital, Abuja, refused to be placed under oath when he appeared before a panel set up by his fellow senators.

People invited to give evidence before senate committees in Nigeria are made to pledge that they will tell the truth before they are allowed to testify, but Mr Abbo refused.

Online newspaper Premium Times quotes him as saying: “This matter is in court. I cannot be talking in front of cameras when the matter is already in court. That’s sub-judice.”

This led to a shouting match between Mr Abbo and Oluremi Tinubu, a female senator on the panel.

Senator Abbo was seen in a viral video hitting a woman at a sex toy shop and has been charged with assault. He has said that the video had been “doctored” and that he had been hit first.

Lloyd M’bwana

I’m a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resource (LUANAR)’s Environmental Science graduate (Malawi) and UK’s ICM Journalism and Media studies scholar. Also University of Malawi (UNIMA) Library Science Scholar. I have been The Malawi Country Manager and duty editor for the Maravi Post since 2019. My duty editor’s job is to ensure that the news is covered properly, that it is delivered on time, and that it is created to the standards set out in the editorial guidelines of the Maravi Post.