Entwistle to present video evidence against three lawmakers on Thursday

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle will be presenting video evidence against the three members of the House of Representatives accused of sexual misconduct on Thursday.

The US envoy is expected to present the  evidence at a public hearing organized by the Ossai Ossai Committee which is investigating the allegations against Mohammed Garba Gololo (APC, Bauchi); Samuel Ikon (PDP, Akwa Ibom) and Mark Gbillah (APC, Benue).

Entwistle had in a petition to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, alleged that the three lawmakers had at the International Visitor Leadership Programme held in Cleveland, Ohio, from April 7 to 13, 2016, brought disrepute to the parliament by soliciting for sex from prostitutes and grabbing a hotel housekeeper in an attempt to commit rape.

Also expected at the public hearing are the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, the three accused lawmakers and the other seven members  who were at the leadership programme.