Senator Elisha Abbo, representing Adamawa north, has pleaded not guilty to a one-count charge of assault preferred against him by the police.
The lawmaker, who was seen on video beating a nursing mother in a sex shop in Abuja, was on Monday arraigned at a magistrate’s court in Zuba, federal capital territory (FCT).
Abdullahi Ilellah, a senior magistrate, granted him a N5 million bail and two sureties in like sum.
The case was adjourned till July 22 for hearing.
recall that on Thursday, the embattled senator had surrendered himself to the FCT police command, where he spent a night in custody under interrogation.
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