Senator Elisha Abbo (APC, Adamawa North) has come out to react to being caught on tape slapping another Nigerian.

He recently revealed that all he tried to do was disarm a young man who was keen on taking him down.

According to him, the man threatened to shoot him if he did not give him two million Naira before crossing the blocked road, so he had to do something to take his locally made pistol from him.

He added that the young man was deliberate in attacking him with his dane gun, and it is proof that idleness and poverty are eating deep into the fabric and mental wellbeing of the youths in our society.

His words, “On November 13, 2020 at around 2am, the man led dozens of young people and blocked the senator on his way to his cousin’s wedding in Mubi.”

“The incident was an attempt on the senator’s life by the man holding the dane gun, unlike a trending video on many social media platforms published with no verification or obtaining the facts; used by the opposition as venom to poison the mind of good people of the nation.”

“That young man was deliberate in attacking me with his dane gun. Idleness and poverty are eating deep into the fabric and mental wellbeing of the youth in our society. It is harshly biting them hard and I must try my best to take them out of that mess.”

“Come this Saturday, I will go back to my constituency to have a self-sustained empowerment program of millions of naira to help them regain their freedom from poverty.”