Sex Scandal: Reps Slam $1bn Suit Against U.S Government

The three members of the House of Representatives exonerated of the sexual misconduct allegations levelled against them by the US Government have picked lawyers to handle their $1bn suit against the latter and its agents, ThePUNCH reports. 

The lawyers are to file the suit in the US while the lawmakers would continue to communicate with them through electronic means from Nigeria since they are barred for now from entering the US.


The affected members are the House’s Deputy Chairman, Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Mr. Terse Mark-Gbillah (APC, Benue); Mr. Samuel Ikon (PDP, Akwa Ibom); and Mr. Mohammed Garba-Gololo (APC, Bauchi).

A former US ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, had accused the three lawmakers of committing the alleged misconduct during a leadership training visit to the US last April, prompting the Nigerian legislature to call for an investigation.

The House had exonerated the lawmakers in October 2016 after a report by its Joint Committees on Ethics/Privileges and Foreign Relations found no wrongdoing on their part.

The narrative changed in favour of Mark-Gbillah, Garba-Gololo and Ikon after the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, appeared before the committees on July 21 to testify that the US did not produce any concrete evidence to prove the allegations.

Entwistle too failed to appear before the committees while a hotel housekeeper, who alleged that Garba-Gololo “grabbed” her, also declined to testify.

Culled from ThePunch.