Sex scandal: US revokes lawmakers’ visas

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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).
The Ambassador alleged that: “Mohammed Garba Gololo allegedly grabbed a housekeeper in his hotel room and solicited for sex. While the housekeeper reported this to her management, this incident could have involved local law enforcement and resulted in legal consequences for Representative Gololo. “Mark Terseer Gbillah and Samuel Ikon allegedly requested hotel parking attendants assist them to solicit for prostitutes.”
The US Ambassador had, in the letter to Dogara, given a hint about the planned revocation of the lawmakers’ visas.
“… Such conduct could affect some participants’ ability to travel to the United States in the future. U.S. visa holders are expected to observe U.S. law while in the United States.
If it is determined visitors have violated U.S. law, their visas can be revoked, even if their behaviour did not result in arrests or convictions,” Entwistle had said. Efforts to get official confirmation from the US Embassy proved abortive.
An official of the US Embassy told New Telegraph that the Embassy does not make comments on a private diplomatic correspondence with an institution. However, Mohammed Sani, Public Affairs Specialist of the Embassy, advised that any further inquiries could be made through a media request form and routed through the Embassy’s website.

 Source Telegraph

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