Sunday Aborisade in Abuja
Apparently disoriented by the news of the Appeal Court ruling, which sacked him from the senate, Senator Elisha Abbo, who represented Adamawa North, and had claimed the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, was behind his sack, yesterday, retracted his claim, saying the Senate President actually knew nothing about his ordeal.
He therefore, apologised to the President of the Senate, who in turn, swore by his mother’s grave to proof his innocence.
Abbah, who spoke on Arise News Television on Tuesday night, also denied any plot by him or any other senator to impeach the President of the Senate.
In the same breath, he said Akpabio had no plans to sack Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and three other senators.
“I have to say this with all sense of humility and responsibility that the press release that we rendered yesterday (Monday) was premature as the available information at our disposal then portended.
“We discovered a lot of things yesterday night. I also had a discussion with my leader, senior brother, colleague and the President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Akpabio and I am convinced that he was not involved in my exit from the Senate.
“I spoke with the Senate President and he swore by the grave of his late mother, whom he loved so much, insisting that he knew nothing about my case. He even said he wasn’t aware that I was in court,” he said.
Abbo added that he also got a more credible and authenticated intelligence on Tuesday morning to the effect that Akpabio was not involved in kicking him out of the Senate through the Court of Appeal.
He said, “Based on every additional intelligence that trickled in, Senator Godswill Akpabio’s innocence was unarguably without any doubt. I want to say that there was no plan to impeach the Senate President at any time, who himself was a product of the popular votes of confidence by us(his colleagues).
“I support and respect Senator Godswill Akpabio to deliver on the core mandate of the Nigerian people. I am praying for God to give him wisdom because the senate is a chamber of equals and I am praying for wisdom for him to know how to manage his colleagues because I don’t want him to fail,” Abbo said.
The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President of the Senate, Hon Eseme Eyiboh, who was also on the programme commended Abbo for his apology saying, “What he has done today is a very rare act of strength of character by coming out publicly to apologise to his father and his leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio by the umbrage.
“So, I want to thank him for that demonstration of goodwill and he will go places; and Akpabio for who he is, will not withhold any blessing and affection from him.”
