The House of Representatives has dismissed allegations that each member was induced with $5,000 to ratify President Bola Tinubu’s request for a state of emergency in Rivers State.
Deputy spokesman of the House, Hon. Philip Agbese (Benue, APC), vehemently rejected the claims, calling them false, malicious, and originating “from the pit of hell.”
In an interview with journalists in Abuja on Saturday, Agbese responded to the accusations, which circulated following the House’s Thursday resolution on the state of emergency.
The allegations suggested that members were bribed to pass the resolution, which led to the suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and all members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.
“The allegation that members of the House of Representatives were induced with $5,000 to pass a resolution is unfair to the Parliament. Very, very unfair to the Parliament,” Agbese stated.
He stressed that the decision made by the House…
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