simon gonner: Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is to appear before the House of Representatives Committee on Ethics and Privileges on June 28 over his recent utterances in which he referred to members of the National Assembly as armed robbers and rogues, Daily Trust learnt yesterday.

Obasanjo had in May at the Fourth Annual Conference of the Academy for Entrepreneur Studies Nigeria (AES) at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) in Lagos, said that “there are more rogues and armed robbers in the State Assemblies and the National Assembly”.

The House of Representatives asked its committee on ethics to investigate the former president’s assertion, with Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal hinting that Obasanjo will be invited to defend himself before the lawmakers.

Speaking to Daily Trust yesterday on the telephone, committee chair Rep. Gambo Dan Musa 9CPC, Katsina), said although they have since received verbal referral for the assignment, they were officially communicated about the exercise on Thursday.

“When we resume next week on the 21st of June, we will meet as a committee to look at the modalities of the investigation and we hope to commence in a week time,” Dan Musa said.

The probe was instituted after a motion on matter of personal privileges was raised by the House Deputy Minority Leader, Suleiman Kawu Sumaila (ANPP, Kano) who said, “the former President called us rogues and armed robbers. But I am not an armed robber neither am I a rogue.”

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Spirit96: ONE GUD THG ABT OBJ IS D FACT DAT HE IS NT PRETENTOIUS. HE SPEWS WHATEVER HE HAD IN MIND WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR. I TRUST DAT WHEN HE APPEARS B4 D NASS, THEY WILL ALL BE DISGRACED N NONE OF THEM WOULD HV D EFFONTERY 2 CONFRONT HIM. HE WILL STILL HV D GUT 2 REPEAT SAME STMT RIGHT IN THEIR NOSE. WATCH N C!

kkk17: As if they can do anything to him. Waste of time. They know they are thieves, Nigerians know that too. Oles, barayi, ndioshi.

brixton: Trouble de sleep yanga cme wake am...I trust baba to rep to d fullest #grabspopcorn#

Donmeca: One news report claimed that Otedola handed a copy of d Lawan video to OBJ and OBJ showed it to speaker Tambuwal. Guess this whole name-calling was against Lawan abinitio. OBJ may play d boxoffice-topping video dat day. Am keeping a date!

ikee: Not sure if baba Iyabo will honour the invitation

oiseworld: i suggest these axsembly boys better send delegates/representatives to beg OBJ for intening to invite him to the house, becauxe if baba comes, KAI !!! they are gonna.
The house go dabaru be dat, because Obj would not only call names, [size=18pt]he will ask them to stand up while he speaks,call them out one by one and give them the shame of a life time.

Baba fit hold cane come self[/size], i'm picturing the movie ODYSSEUS when the king (Odysseus) returned home.

ubandire: Excersice in futility baba will never appear before the bunch of immatured lawmakers.

crackhouse: How in their wildest imagination do they think that OBJ will honour their invitation? Or are they playing father & kids game?. Just thinking.

Donmeca:

That committee has always bn in a existence....in every NASS! U guys shud spare us dis wanton display of ignorance.

nerodenero: A thief can only know a thief.Thief calling thief thief.