The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has called on Senator Elisha Abbo to publicly apologise to the woman he allegedly attacked in an Abuja sex toy shop and surrender himself to the police.
In a statement on Wednesday, Atiku said he had seen the video involving Abbo assaulting a woman, and that the act was ‘sad and inexcusable.’
The Senator and the former Vice President incidentally come from the same state, Adamawa with Abbo representing Adamawa North in the Senate.
Atiku said he knew the senator quite well, but that the law was clear as leaders must lead by example and advised Abbo to publicly apologise and voluntarily hand himself over to the police.
“I have seen the alleged assault video involving Sen. Elisha Abbo. The video is sad, inexcusable. I know the Senator quite well. But the law is clear and leaders must lead by example.
“I advise him to publicly apologize, voluntarily go to the police and show a good example expected of a young leader. I also call on our party, the PDP to take necessary disciplinary action and the Nigerian Police to ensure the law takes its full course,” he said.
