The embattled senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Elisha Abbo, has apologised over his allegation that Senate President Godswill Akpabio plotted his removal by the Court of Appeal.
Abbo apologised during an interview on Arise Television on Wednesday.
“I have to say with all humility and responsibility that the press release we issued yesterday was premature and based on the information at our disposal,” he said.
“As of today, we have discovered a lot of things, and I spoke with the Senate President last night, and I am convinced that he is not involved.”
He quoted Akpabio as saying to him, “I swear by my mother’s grave that I’m not involved; I don’t even know that you’re in court.”
Abbo further stated, “For a number three citizen to come up to tell me that he has sworn on his mother’s grave, a woman that he loves so much, a woman who brought him up after he lost his father at the age of six, I don’t see a reason why he would lie.”
Appeal Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, October 16, nullified the election of Abbo.
The appellate court declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Amos Yohanna, as the winner of the February 25 senatorial election.
Abbo had blamed his fate on the Senate President.
He alleged that Akpabio was responsible for the unfavourable court judgment against him.