By Olushola Okunlade
Senator Ishaku Abbo who represented Adamawa North Senatorial District in the 9th and beginning of the 10th Senate, has threatened legal action against Madam Wange David for linking him to sex videos that went viral penultimate week.
Madam Wange had in her reaction to the video, alleged Senator Abbo of circulating it being lovers in the past before her marriage, accusing the former Senator of attempting to ruin her marriage.
But Senator Abbo through his lawyers on Tuesday in Abuja , threatened legal action against Wange, if she refuses to retract her allegation and tender apology within 72 hours.
In a letter issued by Abbo’s legal representative, Odiyowvi Osusu and addressed to Wange David , the former lawmaker claimed that the defamatory statements have caused significant damage to his personal and professional reputation, as well as misleading the public.
He noted that the video in question was shared on the platform “Naija Police: U” on September 4, 2024, while the interview granted by Mrs Miso against him , was aired by TrustTV News on YouTube the following day.
He also requested that the retraction be circulated on the same platforms where the videos and interview were originally posted.
Failure to meet the deadline, the letter warns, will result in legal action seeking damages for libel, an injunction to prevent further publications, and a court-ordered retraction and public apology.
The letter reads in part, “We have been instructed by our client to make a demand, and we hereby formally request that within 72 hours of receiving this letter, you publish or air an unequivocal public retraction and apology on national TV and in three national newspapers.
“The terms of this retraction must be approved by our firm, and we expect you to revert to us within 24 hours of receipt of this letter.
“You shall also be expected to circulate the retraction and apology on the same platforms wherein your interviews were circulated.
“Save and except we receive a satisfactory reply from you within the timelines as stipulated above, our instructions are to commence legal proceedings against you, without further recourse to you, for the following claims.”
Abbo ‘s legal team, insisted in the letter, to initiate legal proceedings against Miso, if their demands are not met within the specified timeframe, saying, “How can you identify a person without seeing his face, his body, only parts of his legs and you said it is Senator Abbo?“
