What is Senator Abbo “an ambassador of Christ” doing in a sex toy shop?
by SOC Okenwa
Recently also in a relative ‘sexy’ development in Abuja a video depicting a Senator of the federal republic manhandling a nursing mother inside a sex toy shop went viral online. In the video the 41-year old Senator Elisha Abbo, representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, was seen engaged in an altercation with the shop-owner following the despicable action of one of the girls he brought in for shopping. Reportedly one of the girls had started throwing up vomitting multiple times inside the shop. When the shop owner complained the young Senator accused her of poisoning the store’s air conditioner!
From there one thing or word led to another and before anyone could shout ‘Holy Jesus’ our Senator descended on the lady who intervened by asking the Abbo gang to ‘take it easy’. Blows and slaps were delivered to the customer for her intervention. And that was not enough; he had her arrested for ‘insulting’ him! He was furious because he claimed that the lady store attendant had labelled him a ‘drunk’!
Of course, this matter was said to have happened a few months ago on May 11 well before Elisha Abbo was elected into the upper legislative Chamber. The Senator has since apologized profusely for his misbehaviour saying that he had learnt his lessons. While we concede that his public apology may be a sincere demonstration of contrition it is not enough. Justice must take its course. You don’t just hit the daughter and wife of another man and simply walk away saying sorry!
A Senator at a sex toy shop? Have you ever bothered asking and knowing why the so-called “Ambassador of Christ” went to the shop in the first place? Satisfying the sexual fantasies of his mistresses? Or preaching against the dangers of using cosmetic sexual implements? Who were these ladies and where were they coming from? Senator Abbo behaved like someone under the influence of drugs or alcohol so the salesgirl was right to have called him a ‘drunk’!
The problem with Senator Abbo is much deeper than what ordinary mortals could easily comprehend. It goes to illustrate the progressive descent into infamy of glorified political and pentecostal animals inhabiting our geographical space called Nigeria. And above all, it depicted the impunity mentality pervading every aspect of our national life.
While evil triumphs over good in our beleaguered society what baffles sound minds remains our penchant for godliness. We pretend to ‘love’ and worship God or Allah more than the late Pope John Paul 2, Prophet Mohammed and Jesus Christ! Hypocrisy must have its limits in our miserable lives. It must never prevail!