US Sex Scandal: Reps begins probe of members
\nTwo members of the House of Representatives who allegedly solicited for prostitutes and a third who made a go for a house keeper in a hotel in Cleveland, United States of America, have flatly denied their involvement.
\nBut the Lower House of the National Assembly has commenced a probe of the incident brought to the attention of Speaker Yakubu Dogara by the US ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle.
\nHis report to Dogara reads: “\u201cIt is with regret that I must bring to your attention the following situation. Ten members of the Nigerian National Assembly recently travelled to Cleveland, Ohio as participants in the International Visitor Leadership Programme on good governance. We received troubling allegations regarding the behaviour of three members of the delegation to the U.S. Government\u2019s flagship professional exchange programme.
\n\u201cThe U.S. Department of State and the Cleveland Council on World Affairs received reports from employees of the Cleveland hotel where the representatives stayed, alleging the representatives engaged in the following behaviour: \u201cMohammed Garba Gololo allegedly grabbed a housekeeper in his hotel room and solicited her for sex.
\n\u201cWhile the housekeeper reported this to her management, this incident could have involved local law enforcement and resulted in legal consequences for Representative Gololo. Mark Terseer Gbillah and Samuel Ikon allegedly requested hotel parking attendants assist them to solicit prostitutes.
\n\u201cThe U.S. Mission took pains to confirm these allegations and the identities of the individuals with the employees of the hotel in Cleveland.
\n\u201cThe conduct described above left a very negative impression of Nigeria, casting a shadow on Nigeria\u2019s National Assembly, the International Visitor Leadership Program, and to the American hosts\u2019 impression of Nigeria as a whole. Such conduct could affect some participants\u2019 ability to travel to the United States in the future.
\n\u201cWhile the majority of Nigerian visitors to the United States do behave appropriately, even a few Nigerians demonstrating poor judgement leads to a poor impression of the Nigerian people generally, though it is far from accurate. Such incidents jeopardise the ability of future programming and make host institutions and organisations less likely to welcome similar visits in the future.\u201d
\n\u201cI request, in the strongest possible terms, you share this message with members of the National Assembly so they understand the seriousness of these issues, and the potential consequences of their actions, not only for themselves as individuals, but also for the future of such programmes designed to benefit Nigeria.”
\nHouse spokesman, Abdulrazak Namdas, confirmed to journalists that a probe was underway.
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