By our reporter| The Senator representing Adamawa North, Senator Elisha Abbo, was on Monday ordered by an FCT high court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, to pay N50 million damages as compensation to Osimibibra Warmate, a female attendant at a sex-toy shop, whom he assaulted in July 2019.
Justice Samira Bature gave the order in her judgment on the fundamental rights enforcement suit instituted by Warmate against the senator.
The lawmaker was caught on camera physically assaulting a woman in Abuja, two months after he allegedly committed the act, an act that angered many Nigerians who saw the viral video.
This however forced the Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to order a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding the purported assault of the victim by Senator Abbo.
The lawmaker later apologised for his action but the police on July 8 filed charges before a Magistrate Court in Zuba, Abuja with one count of assaulting Warmate.
Abbo however pleaded not guilty to the charge levelled against him and the presiding Magistrate, Abdullahi Ilelah, eventually dismissed the case after upholding the no-case submission filed by Senator Abbo.
The complainant, Warmate, however, filed a fundamental rights enforcement suit through her legal team against the PDP Senator before the FCT High Court.
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