Nigerian Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator, Elisha Abbo was arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Zuba, Abuja, by Nigeria Police Force on Monday.
The Police filed a criminal charge against Abbo for assaulting a woman at an adult sex toy shop in Abuja.
When the charge was read to him during the proceeding, the lawmaker, however, pleaded not guilty.
Police detectives said they have established a prima-facie case against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in the National Assembly.
The video which showed Senator Abbo repeatedly hitting the woman on the face for her intervention in an argument between him and the shop attendant and the admission by the senator in a press statement he issued last week was also part of the evidence against him.
As at the time when the video went viral, the owner of the store was reportedly out of Abuja. Several controversies had already trailed the incident in a media trial spin off.