Following the outrage generated by the video showing a senator of the Federal Republic, Elijah Abbo, assaulting a woman in a sex toy shop in Abuja, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the arrest of the senator and his orderly by an investigative team set up by the Police Force headquarters in Abuja.
Investigations are currently ongoing at the Federal Capital Territory Police Command into the alleged attack on a sales girl by a serving senator in Abuja.
The news of the attack went viral after a video recorded by the Close Circuit Television (CCTV), installed in the shop was shared on the social media, an act which is said to have embarrassed the police authorities.
The Police force says they are doing everything within their powers to restore dignity to the force, following the conduct of the police orderly attached to the senator.
According to Police sources, the incident actually happened in a sex-toy shop in Abuja, where the senator had gone to make purchases.
The video which has been circulating on the internet shows the angry senator beat up the sales girl and ordered his police orderly to take her away.
In a related development, the Senate on Wednesday raised an adhoc committee to investigate the allegations of assault laid against Senator.
Raising the matter on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday under matters of privileges, Senator Uba Sani (APC, Kaduna), the senator said the development has brought him and the entire Senate to ridicule.
He said he had received over 111 calls between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning from both within and outside Nigeria, and that he was severely embrassed by the incident as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
He said the Senate must take a decisive action on the issue in order to redeem its image, battered as a result of the incident.
At this point, Senate President Ahmad Lawan said whatever that was seen or read on the social media and the main stream media on the matter remained allegations unless they were investigated.
Contributing, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti), suggested that the matter should be investigated to unravel the true situation of what transpired.
On his part, Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP, Abia), said the Senate rules provided how each and every senator should behave both within and outside the chamber.
He said as privileged Nigerians, they have the responsibility of behaving in a good way, but that the matter at hand could not be judged until an investigation was done.
Senate Leader, Senator Abdullahi Yahaya (APC, Kebbi) supported the move to constitute an adhoc panel to probe the matter.
Senate President Lawan then remarked that he had received several calls from within and outside the country on the issue, noting that the Senate would not condone any act of violence against Nigerians.
He said the investigation would provide an opportunity for Sen Abbo to defend himself and the lady alleged to have been assaulted an avenue to prove her case.
He consequently announced that the adhoc panel would be headed by Senator Samuel Egwu (PDP, Ebonyi), with senators Oluremi Tinubu (APC,Lagos), Matthew Urhoghide (PDP, Edo), Stella Oduah (PDP, Anambra), Mohammed Sani Musa (APC, Niger), Danladi Sankara (APC, Jigawa) and Halliru Dauda Jika (APC, Bauchi) as members.
The Senate President gave the adhoc panel two weeks to conclude its assignment.
