Sex Scandal: US Government Bars Nigerian Lawmakers From Entering the Country
- Freda
- Jun 17, 2016
- 1 min read
Following our report yesterday on the sex allegations levelled against three Nigerian sitting House of Rep members, the United States government has formally cancelled its visas from the three Nigerian lawmakers accused of sex scandal, an indication that they had been barred from future trips to the United States.
The affected members – Mr. Mohammed Garba-Gololo (Bauchi State); Mr. Terse Gbillah (Benue State), and Mr. Samuel Ikon (Cross River State) – allegedly committed the act during a recent trip to the US to participate in the International Visitor Leadership Programme on Good Governance organised by the US Government.
The three legislators were members of a team of 10 lawmakers nominated to attend the leadership programme, which took place in Cleveland, Ohio, between April 7 and 13 this year.
According to the US Department of State and the Cleveland Council on World Affairs, Mohammed Garba Gololo allegedly grabbed a housekeeper in his hotel room and solicited her for sex while Mark Terseer Gbillah and Samuel Ikon allegedly requested that hotel parking attendants assist them to solicit prostitutes.
Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday, directed an investigation into the alleged sex scandal.
