Senator representing Adamawa North, Senator Elisha Abbo has accused the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio as the mastermind of his removal by the Court of Appeal.
Abbo made the allegation on Monday, shortly after the Court of Appeal nullified his election into the Senate.
For not supporting his senate presidency bid, the Adamawa senator also claimed that Akpabio has on his sleeve other plans to remove the former chief whip of the senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and four other senators
Abbo described the judgment sacking him as a coup on democracy, calling on his supporters to be calm despite the ruling.
The senator insisted that, despite the court declaring the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Amos Yohanna as the winner of the February election, he won the exercise.
According to him, he defeated the PDP candidate with a margin of 11,000 votes.
Recall the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, earlier on Monday, upturned Abbo’s victory in February, 2023
The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of Justices, vacated the tribunal judgement that earlier affirmed Abbo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the valid winner of the Senatorial seat.
It held that there was merit in an appeal that was lodged by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the election, Amos Yohanna.
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The embattled senator confirmed his sack in a post he published on his official Facebook page on Monday.