Trial of Slapping Senator adjourned
The trial of a Nigerian senator, Elisha Abbo, caught on camera assaulting a woman in Abuja has been adjourned till August 20.
The magistrate court where Mr. Abbo is facing trial on Monday postponed its hearing to that date, after asking the prosecution to provide evidence against the accused.
Mr. Abbo, who represents Adamawa North senatorial district, was arraigned at the magistrate court in Kubwa, Abuja, after a video indicating he assaulted the woman went viral.
In the video, first published by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr. Abbo descended on the woman after she pleaded with him not to physically assault a shopowner whom the senator had accused of insulting him. He said the shopowner called him a drunk.
Calls for Mr. Abbo to be arrested and prosecuted intensified following this paper’s publication of the video.
Mr. Abbo’s trial began on July 8 at the court where he was granted bail with a bond of N5 million.
The senator is facing a charge on two counts of criminal assault.
Source – premiumtimesng.com
