Sacked Adamawa North senator, Elisha Abbo Abbo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been exchanging hot words with Senate President Godswill Akpabio for allegedly plotting his removal by the Court of Appeal.
Abbo claimed that Akpabio was instrumental to the judgement of the Court of Appeal on Monday, which sacked him and declared his opponent, Amos Yohanna of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as the winner of the February election.
Abbo also alleged that Akpabio has plans to remove former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and four other senators for not backing his senate presidency bid.
Meanwhile, Senate President Akpabio has denied being the cause of Abbo’s political travail and being behind his removal from the Red Chamber.
Mr. Eseme Eyiboh, media aide to the Senate President said his principal has no hand in the court judgement, which sacked Abbo from the Senate.
Eyiboh said: “It is unfortunate if he actually said that Akpabio was responsible for his removal. That’s the swan song of a man looking for scapegoats.
“The Court of Appeal across the country decides cases based on the provisions of the Electoral Act and evidence advanced by petitioners. The Senate President has no reason to witch-hunt any of his colleagues.”
