Eseme Eyiboh, the spokesperson for Senate President Godswill Akpabio says his principal has no hand in the removal of Senator Elisha Abbo who represented Adamawa North in the National Assembly.
“The outcome of any court proceeding is a function of the evaluation of facts and evidence within the province of the rule of law,” Eyiboh said in a statement hours after the sacked lawmaker claimed he was removed for not supporting the Senate Presidency bid of Akpabio earlier in June.
Delivering judgment on Monday, a three-member panel of the Appeal Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice C.E. Nwosu-Iheme, sacked Abbo of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a Certificate of Return to Amos Yohanna of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the duly elected lawmaker representing the area in the National Assembly.
Commenting on his removal later on Monday, the sacked senator said about five lawmakers had been penciled for removal for supporting ex-governor of Zamfara State, Senator Abdulaziz Yari in the Senate President election which Akpabio later won.
