Police detectives from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Abuja, reportedly searched the Katampe residence of former Senator Elisha Abbo following allegations that he raped a 13-year-old secondary school student in the Federal Capital Territory.
The search, according to sources who spoke with Sahara Reporters, came barely 24 hours after the embattled lawmaker was detained and later released on bail on Friday, allegedly after the intervention of political allies.
The operation followed a petition submitted to the Inspector-General of Police by the law firm, D.I. Aiyedun & Co., accusing Abbo of raping 13-year-old Khadija Muhammad and attempting to assault her 16-year-old sister, Fatima Muhammad.
The petition also accused the former senator of criminal intimidation of the minors and their parents.
Sources told SaharaReporters that when detectives arrived at Abbo’s home, the minor and her family members were present.
“They reportedly found Senator Abbo calmly seated in his living room, a free man despite the seriousness of the allegations,” a source said.
In a dramatic moment, the teenager allegedly pointed out the exact spot in the house where she claimed the assault took place.
Abbo’s wife, however, was said to have interrupted the process, accusing the girl of stealing her gold jewellery.
Detectives later asked the family to sign some documents before leaving the residence.
Ex-Lawmaker Accused Of Cover-Up
The petition, which was addressed to the IGP and copied to the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Gender at the FCID, detailed harrowing accounts of sexual abuse, threats, and psychological trauma allegedly inflicted on the sisters by Abbo and his associates.
The parents of the girls further alleged that Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed, popularly known as Binani, visited their home to persuade them not to expose the scandal.
They also accused Abbo of repeatedly sending money to the girls’ father in what they described as attempts to silence the family.
According to the petition, the primary incident occurred on June 29, 2025, at Abbo’s Katampe Extension residence in Abuja.
The victim, Khadija Muhammad, was reportedly lured to the house by a 17-year-old associate of the senator, identified as Nafisa Mohammed Chigli.
Meanwhile, Abbo, who earlier turned himself in at the FCID following the petition, was still being held at the department as of the time of filing this report.
The petition said, “The suspect attempted to undress her, overpowered her resistance, applied baby oil to his manhood, and attempted to forcibly penetrate her vagina.
“After the act, he cleaned his semen-soaked genitals with a white cloth. She later informed her father of the horrific assault, but who blamed her and took no action.”
Fatima Muhammad, Khadija’s older sister, was also reportedly targeted in a similar scheme involving Zara Muhammad Chigli, but she managed to escape before the assault was completed.
The Petition further stated, “In a nearly identical scheme, the victim’s sister, Fatima Muhammad, was lured to the suspect’s residence by Zara Muhammad Chigli.
“The suspect attempted to sexually assault her as well. She managed to escape the situation before the assault could be completed, but the attempt itself is a grave crime that demonstrates a repeated pattern of predatory behaviour.”
The petition is supported by multiple forms of evidence, including the medical report from Deda Hospital, noting bruising consistent with sexual assault, and the receipt of a transfer of N200,000 on July 1, 2025, from Hassan Kure Musa, a known associate of Abbo, to the victim’s father’s driver, which is cited as a bribery attempt.
The petition noted that a video clip recorded during the car ride home after the incident is reportedly in the victim’s possession.
The medical report was signed by Dr Kehinde Duromola, a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist.
The report for 13-year-old Khadija with hospital number 31161, dated July 11, 2025, stated that the “patient presented to our facility on 10th of July, 2025 with complaint of rape following a visit to a friend’s house about a week earlier.
“On examination, she was found to be anxious,” it said.
The examination revealed a “bruise around ...erior fourchette”, and the consulting gynaecologist stated that the “impression of sexual assault cannot be ruled out.”
The petition also includes excerpts from an email exchange between Khadija and her school coach, revealing the devastating impact of the alleged abuse.
Khadija reportedly suffers from undiagnosed physical ailments and severe psychological trauma, including suicidal ideation.
In their assessment, the coach stated, “From the time of the attack until now, the child has been suffering from various persistent illnesses that doctors have not been able to diagnose, which are consistent with the somatic manifestations of severe psychological trauma.
“She is severely traumatised and has not been able to associate well with her friends, leading to complete social withdrawal.
“I feel worthless, unloved, invisible and so alone… I feel trapped in my own mind, my own pain and it’s exhausting just to exist,” she wrote, adding that Khadija “is actively contemplating suicide.”
In one of her messages to the coach, she confessed, “I’m having suicidal thoughts I don’t know how much longer I can keep going… I feel like I’m drowning in everything that has happened… I feel like im a burden and think that everyone is better off without me.”
In another message, she said, “I feel worthless, unloved, invisible and so alone… I feel trapped in my own mind my own pain and it’s exhausting just to exist.”
The petition alleges that Abbo has engaged in a campaign of threats to silence the victims and their family. These include threats to release nude photos of Khadija and direct threats to kill Khadija and her mother.
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