The three members according to the letter from the
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria to the Speaker are
Mohammed Garba Gololo (APC, Bauchi); Samuel Ikon
(PDP, Akwa Ibom) and Mark Gbillah (APC, Benue).
Entwistle, had in the petition to Dogara alleged that the
actions of the three lawmakers at the International
Visitor Leadership Programme in Cleveland, Ohio, USA,
from 7th to 13th April, 2016, brought disrepute to the
parliament by soliciting for sex from prostitutes and
grabbing hotel housekeeper in a bid to rape.
Apart from the outgoing United State Of America Ambassador James Entwistle that is
expected at the open public hearing, the Committee
also extended invitation to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, Committee for the Defence of
Human Rights, the three accused lawmakers, the
National Human Rights Commission, as well as the
other seven members that attended the leadership
programme.
Chairman of the Committee, Rep Ossai is reported to
have said that the committee decided not to invite the
management of the hotel the alleged sex misconduct
took place because it believed that the Ambassador
would come with all the necessary video evidence
where the accused committed the action. Besides, he
said that the Committee did not carry out any secret
investigation because the members involved in the
allegation had demanded public investigative hearing
for Nigerians to see their culpability or otherwise.
Speaker, Dogara, mandated the Ossai-led Ethics
Committee alongside the Foreign Affairs after the
House resolution at plenary on Tuesday, 21st June,
telling it to investigate the culpability of the three
members involved in the alleged sex misconduct.
He described the assignment as a very serious one
where many people had already made their conclusion
that the three accused lawmakers were wrong. “The
standard in the US is that an accused is assumed
innocent until proven guilty and that is the same
standard in Nigeria. Any one who has evidence can
now see the committee” Dogara said
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria to the Speaker are
Mohammed Garba Gololo (APC, Bauchi); Samuel Ikon
(PDP, Akwa Ibom) and Mark Gbillah (APC, Benue).
Entwistle, had in the petition to Dogara alleged that the
actions of the three lawmakers at the International
Visitor Leadership Programme in Cleveland, Ohio, USA,
from 7th to 13th April, 2016, brought disrepute to the
parliament by soliciting for sex from prostitutes and
grabbing hotel housekeeper in a bid to rape.
Apart from the outgoing United State Of America Ambassador James Entwistle that is
expected at the open public hearing, the Committee
also extended invitation to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, Committee for the Defence of
Human Rights, the three accused lawmakers, the
National Human Rights Commission, as well as the
other seven members that attended the leadership
programme.
Chairman of the Committee, Rep Ossai is reported to
have said that the committee decided not to invite the
management of the hotel the alleged sex misconduct
took place because it believed that the Ambassador
would come with all the necessary video evidence
where the accused committed the action. Besides, he
said that the Committee did not carry out any secret
investigation because the members involved in the
allegation had demanded public investigative hearing
for Nigerians to see their culpability or otherwise.
Speaker, Dogara, mandated the Ossai-led Ethics
Committee alongside the Foreign Affairs after the
House resolution at plenary on Tuesday, 21st June,
telling it to investigate the culpability of the three
members involved in the alleged sex misconduct.
He described the assignment as a very serious one
where many people had already made their conclusion
that the three accused lawmakers were wrong. “The
standard in the US is that an accused is assumed
innocent until proven guilty and that is the same
standard in Nigeria. Any one who has evidence can
now see the committee” Dogara said
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