Senator Elisha Abbo on Tuesday appeared on Abuja-based Human Rights Radio station’s popular show, Brekete Family, to defend himself from the allegations of revenge pornography, blackmail and others made by a woman Wange David.
The former federal lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in the ninth assembly refuted the claims.
Abbo’s appearance was streamed live on Facebook. He provided videos and documents to the show’s anchor, Ahmed Isah aka Ordinary President, to prove his innocence.
Abbo noted how David spoke on Brekete Family show on Monday, claiming that he drugged her.
He said that in an earlier interview which David granted Trust TV she claimed he had sex with her when she was unmarried and released videos of their intimate moments to blackmail her.
“Wange has told different versions of the story which clearly means she is lying,” Abbo told Ordinary President.
The former lawmaker, through his lawyers, earlier issued a 72-hour ultimatum for her to apologise and withdraw the allegations.
The letter written by his lawyer read: “We have been instructed by our client to make a demand, and we hereby formally request that within 72 hours of receiving this letter, you publish or air an unequivocal public retraction and apology on national TV and in three national newspapers. The terms of this retraction must be approved by our firm, and we expect you to revert to us within 24 hours of receipt of this letter.”
The letter added that failure to meet the deadline would result in legal action, including claims for libel, an injunction to prevent further publication and a court-ordered public apology.
