A member of the House of Representatives, Ben Igbakpa, on
Tuesday alleged that Ghanian authorities detained him at the airport for 4
hours because of the allegation made by President Muhammadu Buhari that a
lawmaker is sponsoring the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
It would be recalled that President Buhari had in his
Independence Day speech alleged that the government is going after the
financier of IPOB, including a member of the National Assembly.
Raising a point of privilege, Mr Igbakpa claimed that he was
informed by a Ghanian officer that Ghana has been put on alert to prevent
Nigerian lawmakers from seeking refuge in Ghana.
“On Saturday, I had to honour an invitation to Ghana for a
wedding, Mr Speaker, it will amaze you what I faced in the hands of Ghanian
officials. They detained me for about four hours, that they were trying to
confirm something.
“I stayed at the airport for 4 hours, missed the wedding I
went for and at the end of the day, one of them walked up to me saying sorry
sir there’s an announcement in Nigeria that a member of parliament is
sponsoring terrorism and we are put on red alert to ensure that no member of
parliament comes here to hide or cause trouble,” he said.
He added that the president should have named the person
involved, instead of painting all the lawmakers as suspects.
The House resolved that the President should name the person
financing IPOB and prosecute him or her.
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