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Members of the House of Representatives, Mr Diri Duoye and Ms Boma Goodhead
both from Bayelsa and Rivers respectively on Thursday threatened to beat up Mr
Razak Atunwa over his invitation to former President Goodluck Jonathan to
explain his alleged role in the OPL 245 Malabu Oil deal.
Rep Diri
Duoye apparently disturbed as the direct representative of the former Number
One citizen could not contain himself any longer at the end of a public hearing
sent a warning signal to Atunwa that he should be ready for a showdown.
Duoye went
ahead to confront his colleagues, saying why on “earth should he summon a
former president to testify can such an invitation be extended to former
president Obasanjo, he wondered aloud.
But another
lawmaker from South West countered him saying that “there’s a window to it
let’s see how it plays out. Responding to that, Duoye said”I don’t think I can
restrain myself from not beating him up which window are you talking about and
where is it done that a former president is being ridiculed like this. Rep
Goodhead in anger also declared that”is it because it’s Jonathan and he remains
a gentleman that he is.
All attempts
to calm down the Bayelsa lawmaker were rebuffed as he called on his colleague”
Boma please let us leave this place and see what is happening in Plenary. Most
of the lawmakers present at the hearing condemned the move made by the adhoc
committee investigating the Malabu oil deal scam.
Also former
first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan petitions Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara
asking that security agencies should stop harassing her.
Dame
Patience Jonathan has asked the House of Representatives to call the security
agencies to order as she can no longer bear the incessant harassment from them
any longer. Gogo Bright, a lawmaker from Rivers state, presented the petition
to the house on Thursday.
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