Nigeria, Oct. 3 -- A former senator from Adamawa State, Elisha Abbo, has denied reports that he was detained by the police in Abuja over the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl.

Mr Abbo, who represented Adamawa North Senatorial District between 2019 and 2023, admitted that a woman recently accused him of assaulting her daughter. He, however, claimed that the woman demanded N5 million from him, threatening to report the matter to the police if he refused.

The former senator noted that he reported the woman's demand to the police himself.

"The thing is that someone first requested N5 million from me that I assaulted her daughter and that I must pay her N5 million if not she will take me to the police and I told her that I'll report the ma...