Senator Elisha Abbo, the lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, has been mandated by the Court of Appeal in Abuja, to pay N50 million damages awarded by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory for assaulting a woman, Ms. Osimibibra Warmate, in a intimacy gadget shop in Abuja, in 2019.

The three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Jamilu Tukur, in a judgment, dismissed Abbo’s appeal, which he filed against the judgment given on September 29, 2020, by Justice Samira Bature on a fundamental rights enforcement suit by Ms. Warmate.

The court, which affirmed the judgment of the High Court of the FCT, held that Justice Bature was right in upholding Ms. Warmate’s case and awarding N50 million in damages against the Senator.

It rejected Senator Abbo’s argument that the suit was not properly commenced at the trial court and that he was denied a fair hearing.

The court, in the judgment delivered on Tuesday, equally rejected Abbo’s argument that Ms. Warmate’s claim that he slapped her, pulled her hair and dragged her out of the shop did not amount to rights violation, but a case of simple assault.

While describing Abbo’s conduct as sufficiently outrageous, the court resolved all five issues identified for determination against the Senator and further awarded N500,000 cost against him in favour of Ms. Warmate.

Justices Tukur, James Abundaga and Danlami Senchi (who were on the panel) were unanimous in holding that the appeal marked: CA/ABJ/945/2020 was without merit and proceeded to dismiss it.

Justice Senchi, who authored and read the lead judgment on Tuesday, held that from the evidence presented before the trial court, Ms Warmate sufficiently proved that Senator Abbo violated her fundamental right to human dignity.

“The decision of the trial court in the award of N50 million against the appellant and in favour of the respondent was proper,” Justice Senchi said.

He added that going by the quality of evidence presented by Ms Warmate, including a medical report and video recordings of the incident, the decision of the trial court could not be tampered with.

Justice Senchi added: “The conduct of the appellant is sufficiently outrageous to merit the punishment as the facts of the case disclosed flagrant disobedience of the law, especially that the appellant is an elected Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

Senator Abbo’s appeal was against the September 28 judgment by Justice Samira Bature of the High Court of the FCT, in the fundamental rights enforcement suit marked: FCT/HC/CV/2393/2019, which was filed by Ms Warmate.

Justice Bature had, among others, held that Senator Abbo’s violent attack on Ms. Warmate on May 11, 2019, in a intimacy gadget shop at New Bannex Plaza, Wuse 2, Abuja amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment, which constituted a breach of her fundamental right to the dignity of her person guaranteed under Section 34 of the Constitution.

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Senator Abbo is already a billionaire , he should pay up and stop jumping from one court to another

Next time, he won't slap a woman that he met at sex gadget shop

Lol this case still dey Court make the guy pay the 50m na....

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Lol this case still dey Court make the guy pay the 50m na....

The appeal court don add additional N500,000 join the N50million

Abbo should call the woman and settle out of court
The money is a chicken change to him, a 3 term senator and still counting.

Under normal circumstances, this man should be in jail and have nothing to do with politics.


Absurdities are perfectly normal in Nigeria.

I like that the woman is dragging him like tiger generator.

If he like, make he go Supreme Court, he will still pay the 50m with begging 🤪

Good.

He is a committee chairman in the red chambers and will retain it.

An ethics free house

Justice system in Nigeria is resoundingly slow. Someone that should be celebrating his first or second year in prison.

This matter don looooong ooooo

After how many years? Well, to be fair, the man has been acting quite reformed since that incident

Good one. But I wonder if the money will eventually actually be paid to her

He should sell some of his intimacy gadgets add the money and pay up

This matter still dey court since

Another good news after Gabon's emancipation today .

Good

Good move

In saner climes dis senator would have been locked up... But they still elected a man dat assaulted a woman.. D man was shouting d other day dat he wrote common entrance in primary 3 and he won, I jst dey laugh... See dis guy wey suppose dey prison ooo

I've heard dat a man dat beats a woman isn't a man, but dis man jst proved it real life...because if him be man wetin him dey use intimacy gadget do..... Nigerians see where una senators dey spend una money oh

I pray for my life changing slap to locate me soon.. Slap! What are you waiting for? Come now! Yes now..

Akpabio already contributed ₦2,000,000, via an email prayer...... 😂

This one don buy market......let it serve as warning to other politicians who think they are now "demi gods"!

ANIMALS LIVE IN AFRICA,WITH THEIR RIDICULOUS MENTALITY

So they have sex shop in Nigeria? 8 think say na oyinbo people thing. I no know say she dey here, and senators dey patronize them.

Uwadiegwu!!!!!!

Abuse of security agencies and judicial process are the major reasons the elites keep flouting our laws and bastardizing our systems.

In the western world, that poor woman would automatically become a millionaire.

Useless man.
Looking for sex gadgets up and down when young girls are looking for people like him for sugar daddy.
Stingy and wicked man.

This man pay up now

Why is this man stingy like this? Until they award am 100m in damages his body go tell am. You go assault woman , you no want settle out of court nonsense 🙄

Justice delayed is justice denied. Since 2020 dem still dey drag this matter for court. Our judicial process is too slow.
Intimate gadget senator must pay for damages.