The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the N50million damages awarded against Senator Elisha Ishaku Abbo (Adamawa North) by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for assaulting a woman – Ms. Osimibibra Warmate in a sex toy shop in Abuja in 2019.
In a judgment, a three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Jamilu Tukur, 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 N50m in damages against the Senator.
This judgment is in reaction to Senator Abbo’s suit that his argument was not given enough fair hearing at the trial court.
