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Summary
A petition has accused former Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo of raping a 13-year-old secondary school student and attempting to rape her 16-year-old sister. Currently, Elisha Abbo has denied reports circulating on social media claiming he was arrested and detained by police, insisting he is at home and not in police custody.
A petition submitted by the law firm D.I. Aiyedun & Co. to the Inspector General of Police has accused former Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo of raping a 13-year-old secondary school student and attempting to rape her 16-year-old sister.
Apart from the sexual assault allegations, Elisha Abbo is also accused of criminal intimidation of the two underage girls and their parents in Abuja.
The petition, addressed to the IGP and for the attention of the Deputy Commissioner of Police – Gender, Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), details an account of abuse and threats reportedly inflicted on 13-year-old Khadija Muhammad and her 16-year-old sister, Fatima Muhammad, by the former senator and his reported accomplices.
It was reported that Abbo had turned himself in at the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department in Abuja following the report
The parents of the minor noted that a former senator and governorship candidate in Adamawa, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed “Binani,” visited their home to plead with them not to reveal the scandal. They further claimed that following the incident, Elisha Abbo kept sending money to the girls’ father in a bid to silence the matter.
The petition is supported by multiple forms of evidence, including the medical report from Deda Hospital, noting bruising consistent with sexual assault, and the receipt of a transfer of N200,000 on July 1, 2025, from Hassan Kure Musa, a known associate of Elisha Abbo, to the survivor’s father’s driver, which is cited as a bribery attempt. It also noted a video clip recorded during the car ride home after the incident.
Ex-Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo is no stranger to scandal. He was once arrested for physically assaulting a vendor at a sex shop in Abuja. He was also previously accused of attempting to blackmail a married woman with a sex tape.
Currently, Elisha Abbo has denied reports circulating on social media claiming he was arrested and detained by police, insisting he is at home and not in police custody.
