[1] Abbey was born in Awutu Senya West in the Central Region of Ghana on November 5, 1945.
He obtained a Diploma in the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology after he studied engineering.
[2] Abbey, a mechanical engineer was the former MP for Awutu-Senya, and was the first to win the seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2004 and made his entrance into Parliament on the January 7, 2005.
Abbey was first elected into Parliament during the December 2005 Ghanaian General Elections on the Ticket of the New Patriotic Party as a member of Parliament for the Awutu-Senya Constituency with 32,539 votes out of the 64,740 valid votes casts representing 50.30%.
[3] He was defeated by David Nana Larbie of the National Democratic Congress in 2008.