The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has ordered an investigation into the three House members accused of soliciting for sex while on an official visit to the US, The Punch reports.
This was contained in a statement release by the Abdulrazak Namdas the chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs.
The accused legislators are Mohammed Garba Gololo (APC – Bauchi), Samuel Ikon (PDP – Akwa Ibom), and Mark Gbillah (APC – Benue).
Speaker Yakubu Dogara, has ordered an investigation into the three House members accused of sex scandal while on an official visit to the US
Namdas said: “We are in receipt of a letter from the US ambassador alleging misconduct by some members of the National Assembly who attended a training program in the United States of America.
“The leadership of the House has commenced its own part of the investigation. When it is concluded, we will brief Nigerians further on this issue.”
Namdas, however, did not say how the investigation would be carried out or which committee would be assigned to it.
This announcement came as the US formally withdrew the visas from the three offending legislators.
The accused speakers came under pressure from many lawmakers, who felt that the matter could tarnish the image of the National Assembly if it was not attended to.
But the lawmakers dismissed the allegation as “baseless and untrue” when Dogara first sought their explanations.
However, Dogara was said to have come under pressure from members, who insisted on a thorough investigation, considering the fact that the US ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle committed it to writing.
