Sex Scandal: Accused Nigerian Lawmakers threatens legal action

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In response to the accusations of sexual misconduct leveled against some members of the House of Representatives by the US ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, the accused lawmakers have threatened to take legal action against the US government.

They have denied the allegations, describing them as “character defamation and a calculated attempt to ridicule the National Assembly.” The denials come after the US Embassy revoked the visas of the accused lawmakers.

One of the accused, Mark Gbillah, said they had “received correspondence from the US Embassy on Wednesday June 15, 2016, indicating the denial of their US visas and requesting that they bring their international passports with current US visas to the Embassy”.

The accused lawmakers are Mohammed Garba Gololo (APC-Bauchi), Samuel Ikon (PDP-Akwa Ibom) and Mark Gbillah (APC-Benue). They were part of a group of 10 lawmakers invited to the International Visitor Leadership Program held between April 7 and 13, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Meanwhile, two of the accused lawmakers have written to the ambassador in response to the allegations. In his letter dated June 15, 2016, Gbillah threatened legal action against the US government. He is alleged to have asked hotel parking attendants to help him to acquire prostitutes.

Gbillah’s letter responding to the allegation, titled “Allegations of impropriety against honourable members of the Nigerian House of Representatives by the US Embassy in Nigeria and the US State Department”, was copied to Speaker Dogara, the United States secretary of state, the Nigerian minister of foreign affairs, the Cleveland Council of World Affairs and the president and CEO of Marriott International.

He wrote: “It has come to my attention that via correspondence from your good self to His Excellency Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (a copy of which I also received) you made very serious allegations against me and other members of the House of Representatives group that visited the United States in April 2016 as part of the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP).
 

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