A group of lawmakers have spoken
up over accusation of vote buying against the Speaker of House of
Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila
A House
of Representatives group, G7, are seeking legal redress over alleged proof of
vote-buying and gross impunity by the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji
Sani Omolori.
Omolori, who supervised the June
11 election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker in the House of Representatives, is
being accused of having condoned impunity among the lawmakers.
Making references to photographic
images and video evidence being released to back up their claims, the group
asserted that they are only embarking on a principled struggle, adding that
while the members have no personal grudges against any person or political
party, they will not condone any illegitimacy in the election of the person or
persons who will lead the House of Representatives.
But, reacting, a House of
Representatives member Khadijah Bukar Abba on Monday said that Gbajabiamila did
not induce his colleagues financially to vote for him.
Abba, the acting spokesman of the
House, spoke shortly after the inauguration of four adhoc committees by the
Speaker on Monday.
Also Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, who
stood in for the ad Committee Chairman, said Gbajabiamila had no reason to
induce any lawmaker as he worked hard enough to deserve the seat.
Ihonvbere said: “For us, we have
conducted a democratic election that was held and aired live. At the end,
winners emerged and we all witnessed the losers congratulating the winner on
the floor.
“To us as a House, everything is
now in the past and we are focused on the serious legislative business we are
are here to carry out, to make the House and the country better.
“As far as we are concerned,
nobody received money, nobody was enticed to vote. As a matter of fact, no one
campaigned intensely robust more than Gbajabiamila, and it went beyond the call
of duty to explain what he has to offer.
“At times he went to parts of the
country with over 120 lawmakers, with that kind of work, he needed to buy no
vote”.
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