During the first three months of the bloggers' detention in Maekelawi*, Abel refused to sign a prepared confession paper in which he, together with the other bloggers, were incriminated. 
Katika kipindi cha miezi mitatu ya kushikiliwa kwa mwanablogu huyu huko Maekelawi*, Abel alikataa kutia saini hati ya kiapo ambayo ingewaweka hatarini yeye pamoja na wanablogu wenzake.