The House of Representatives at the plenary
on Tuesday resolved to institute legal action against the Coalition of United
Political Parties (CUPP) over the allegation it made ‘that its members
collected a $10 million bribe from Bill Gates to pass the Control of Infectious
Disease Bill’.
The resolution followed the consideration and
approval of the report laid by the Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee on the bribery
allegations, Hon. Henry Nwawuba.
Hon. Gibeon Goroki, standing in for Nwawuba, noted that the report is the result
of a resolution of the House, as the invited party refused to show up for the
investigative hearing to substantiate his claims, stating that the matter was
already under litigation.
In light of this, the committee recommends to refer
the matter to the appropriate security agencies for criminal investigation and
activate processes for requisite redress against CUPP spokesman, Ikenga Imo
Ugochinyere.
“The House to institute a legal action for criminal
libel, misinformation and criminal defamation of character with the appropriate
institutions against Ugochinyere of the CUPP,” and urged media organisations to
ensure due diligence in research and investigative journalism especially when
dealing with matters and issues that could lead to a breach of the peace in the
polity.
Meanwhile, ahead of the first anniversary of the
ninth House of Representatives, The Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has
directed the committees’ chairmen of the House to submit their committees’
action plan for the ninth Assembly, as well as their committee reports on their
activities and oversight reports to the office of the Speaker before June 9,
2020.
The House, thereafter, adjourned plenary till June
4, 2020, following a motion for adjournment moved by the leader of the House,
Hon. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa.
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