Sex scandal: US revokes lawmakers’ visas

• House begins probe of indicted Reps

• Legislators reply ambassador, threaten legal action

Following allegations of sexual misconduct levelled against three members of the House of Representatives by the United States Embassy in Nigeria, the US Government has revoked the visas of the affected lawmakers.

This is just as the leadership of the lower chamber has resolved to commence investigation into the matter. One of the accused lawmakers, Hon. Mark Gbillah, who confirmed this, said they “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.”
New Telegraph had, yesterday, reported exclusively a letter written to Speaker Yakubu Dogara by the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, alleging that three out of 10 members of the House had, on an official trip to the US, indulged in attempted rape and soliciting for prostitutes from staff of a Cleveland hotel in Ohio. The three members, according to the Ambassador in a letter dated June 9, 2016, are: Hon. Mohammed Garba Gololo (APC, Bauchi), Hon. Samuel Ikon (PDP, Akwa Ibom) and Hon. Mark Gbillah (APC, Benue).https://newtelegraphonline.com/sex-scandal-us-revokes-lawmakers-visas/