By Ogechi Okoriedefecte
Abuja (Precise Post) – Federal lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Senator Elisha Abbo has said he defected to the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party to take the position of Governor of Adamawa state from Governor Umaru Fintiri come 2023.
He stated this while briefing newsmen shortly after announcing his defection at the floor of the senate on Wednesday.
Precise Post recalls that the Adamawa North senator said he defected to the APC because the PDP in Adamawa is polarised.
The Senator who is representing Adamawa North in the Senate announced his defection in a letter addressed to the House.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan read the letter during Wednesday’s plenary session.
In the letter, Senator Abbo explained that his decision to defect to the APC is because of the mismanagement of the PDP in Adamawa state by Governor Umaru Fintiri.
Senator Abbo has been in the news for assaulting a woman in an adult toy shop in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Maitama, earlier in September, awarded N50 million damages against Senator Abbo, to be paid as compensation to Osimibibra Warmate, a female attendant at a sex-toy shop, whom he assaulted.
Justice Samira Bature gave the order in her judgment on the fundamental rights enforcement suit instituted by Warmate against the senator.
Earlier on July 3, 2019, the lawmaker was caught on camera physically assaulting a woman in Abuja, two months after he allegedly committed the act.
