I’m A Hero Of Democracy – Elisha Abbo

The sacked lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Elisha Abbo, has described himself as “a hero and martyr of democracy”.

Abbo said this during a press conference at his residence in Abuja on Monday, hours after the Court of Appeal nullified his election into the Senate.

The controversial lawmaker and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) alleged that his sack from the Senate was due to power play, stressing that he remains a hero of democracy.

He said: “I’m a hero of democracy. I’m a martyr of democracy. The ruling of the Court of Appeal is a coup on democracy.”

Recall that the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday voided the election of Abbo and sacked him from the Senate.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Abbo the winner of the February 25 National Assembly election, but Amos Yohanna, his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, rejected the result and headed for the court.

The tribunal, in its judgement, dismissed Yohanna’s petition for lacking in merit.

However, the PDP’s candidate, through his counsel Johnson Usman (SAN), approached the Appeal Court.

The Court of Appeal, after hearing arguments from parties, agreed with Usman that based on Section 137 of the Electoral Act, 2022, the results tendered clearly showed that there was no compliance with the Electoral Act.

The court, thereafter, deducted the invalid votes from the parties and found that Yohanna and PDP won the election by a majority of lawful votes.

The three-member panel presided over by Justice C.E. Nwosu-Iheme, in a judgement, ordered INEC to issue a Certificate of Return to Yohanna as validly elected lawmaker for the senatorial district.