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Mark Terseer Gbillah and Samuel Ikon allegedly requested that hotel parking attendants assist them to solicit prostitutes.”


You can imagine the caliber of people we call national assembly men, they behave like dogs with no shame.

They give Nigerians a bad name. Am sure they didnt have enough dollars to pay the call girls, thats why the matter has been incidented.

I tot d Mohammed-ians r fasting as Ramadan tinz . Pls defend ur Apc member

theV0ice:
Which kind of shameful episode is this?

Are their hordes of call girls and sugar daughters in Nigeria not enough?

Dino had even advised patronizing made in Nigeria so why spend our scarce dollars on foreign bodily pleasures when you can spend naira for the same service?

I hope the visa ban extends to Canada and Europe

For me, the reps behaved disgracefully by applying their cultural attitudes to people in the US.

...And the ambassador is taking a hypocritical grand standing by suggesting that such behaviour should taint other legislators, or Nigerians as a whole.

For Christ's sake, was it not just a few years ago that world bank (or was it IMF) president was investigated for similar offence? And did it taint the world bank? Or france?

They should have legally indicted the two reps involved if there was substance in the allegations, and not involve the Nigerian Legislature.

Nonsense, a sitting US president (bill clinton) was indicted for sex in the white house. What happened?

holocron:
For me, the reps behaved disgracefully by applying their cultural attitudes to people in the US.

...And the ambassador is taking a hypocritical grand standing by suggesting that such behaviour should taint other legislators, or Nigerians as a whole.

For Christ's sake, was it not just a few years ago that world bank (or was it IMF) president was investigated for similar offence? And did it taint the world bank? Or france?

They should have legally indicted the two reps involved if there was substance in the allegations, and not involve the Nigerian Legislature.

Nonsense, a sitting US president (bill clinton) was indicted for sex in the white house. What happened?

And they covered it up till he left office.
Rubbish!

truthspeaks:
I tot d Mohammed-ians r fasting as Ramadan tinz . Pls defend ur Apc member

There are 2 Christians and 1 Muslim involved. 1 PDP and 2 APC.

Are the Christians allowed to commit adultery/fornication because they're not fasting?

Is adultery part of the qualifications for joining PDP?

If u want to commit, it's human to but I tot all Muslims usually abstain frm pleasure in their highly reverred 'holy month of Ramadan'. Or ddnt they kill ppl in kano n kaduna for committing certain acts against their religion. Oh I even forgot d part dat they v committed murder even in d month of Ramadan. also don't 4get, Mr mohammed belongs to Apc - d party of saints whr holy corruption thrives

theV0ice:


There are 2 Christians and 1 Muslim involved. 1 PDP and 2 APC.

Are the Christians allowed to commit adultery/fornication because they're not fasting?

Is adultery part of the qualifications for joining PDP?

kennycalls:
. C'mon they're not that intelligent... your going too far

Jst shoot me! *rotfl*

They carried their 9ja lawless behaviour to yankee. So much for being lawmakers

This is national shame on behalf of all our legislators. It's true that being called an Honorable does not make one to be honorable even amidst his peers and people. The country's future lies in God's hands. Let's turn to God all.

I see wolves taking the place of the shepherds. We need a true SHEPHERD.

k

speedyGonzales:
Though they said the third senator was from Akwa Ibom. Cross River not equal to Akwa Ibom.

This are the Dumbasses representing us?
Well, not too different from what US representatives have been caught doing before, politicians are the same everywhere but the US will ensure this Nigerian one is as shameful as possible because after all we are all corrupt except the for the Dullard.

Why didn't they just send their aids to order them an escort, it's really easy to get an escort. Instead of harassing hotel maids.

All they had to do was go on backpage.com and order escorts to come to their hotel rooms and save themselves this stress and embarrassment.

Dotng:
Sex scandal: US govt cancels three Reps’ visas, Dogara orders probe

June 17, 2016




The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, on Thursday, directed the investigation of three members of the House for an alleged sex scandal.

The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, confirmed this in Abuja just as investigations had shown that the United States Embassy had cancelled the visas of the affected members.

Namdas explained that the leadership of the House decided to investigate the alleged sex scandal following a formal complaint made by the US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle.


He said, “We are in receipt of a letter from the US Ambassador, alleging misconduct by some members of the National Assembly, who attended training in the United States of America.

“The leadership of the House has commenced its own part of the investigation. When it is concluded, we will brief Nigerians further on this issue.”

Namdas, however, declined questions on how the investigation would be conducted.

“When we say we will conduct an investigation, we will conduct it and there will be a report,” Namdas stated.

The development came as the US formally cancelled its visas from the three lawmakers, an indication that they had been barred from future trips to the United States.

However, investigations by The PUNCH showed that the speaker came under pressure from many lawmakers, who felt that the matter could tarnish the image of the National Assembly if it was not attended to.

The affected members – Mr. Mohammed Garba-Gololo (Bauchi State); Mr. Terse Gbillah (Benue State), and Mr. Samuel Ikon (Cross River State) – allegedly committed the act during a recent trip to the US to participate in the International Visitor Leadership Programme on Good Governance organised by the US Government.

The three legislators were members of a team of 10 lawmakers nominated to attend the leadership programme, which took place in Cleveland, Ohio, between April 7 and 13 this year.

Entwistle, in his June 9 letter to Dogara, stated, “It is with regret that I must bring to your attention the following situation.

“Ten members of the Nigerian National Assembly recently travelled to Cleveland, Ohio, as participants in the International Visitor Leadership Programme on good governance.

“We received troubling allegations regarding the behaviour of three members of the delegation to the US Government’s flagship professional exchange programme.

“The US Department of State and the Cleveland Council on World Affairs received reports from employees of the Cleveland hotel, where the representatives stayed, alleging that the representatives engaged in the following behaviour:

“Mohammed Garba Gololo allegedly grabbed a housekeeper in his hotel room and solicited her 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 that hotel parking attendants assist them to solicit prostitutes.”

Finding showed that the lawmakers dismissed the allegation as “baseless and untrue” when Dogara first sought their explanations.

However, he was said to have come under pressure from members, who insisted on a thorough investigation, considering the fact that the Ambassador committed it to writing.

A National Assembly source stated, “The speaker came under pressure because many members are not satisfied with the responses of the affected persons.

Another source stated, “Of course, the members have threatened legal actions and have requested video evidence from the US Ambassador since the housekeeper was said to have identified Garba-Gololo in a group photograph.

“Members felt that the House should thoroughly investigate the allegation to establish the correct position. The 8th Assembly passed a Code of Conduct to members of the House in 2015.

“This is one of the test cases and it is important that we clear this issue.”

Some of the members, who participated in the programme were Chairman, House Committee on the Diaspora Affairs, Mrs. Rita Orji; Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Gaza Jonathan; Mrs. Ayo Omidiran; Mr. Danburam Abubakar; and Mr. Nkole Ndukwe.

US cancels Reps’ visa

The US embassy, it was learnt, had written the three members cancelling their visas to the US.

One of the lawmakers, Gbillah, wrote Entwistle on Thursday (yesterday), accusing the US of not giving the three members fair hearing.

Gbillah also expressed surprise in his letter that within hours of bringing the matter to the attention of the House, the US Government had gone ahead to cancel the visas of the lawmakers.

He threatened to immediately institute legal actions against the US Government, the Ambassador and the Marriot Hotel Brand, among others for damages.

Part of Gbillah’s letter, which was dated June 16, read, “Without conclusive evidence of any sort or contact with any of the accused individuals, the US State Department and US Embassy in Nigeria have less than six days after your letter to the Speaker, gone ahead to revoke the US visas of the accused individuals based on hearsay from the employees of the hotel in Cleveland.

“Affected individuals received correspondence from the US Embassy on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, indicating the denial of their US visas and requesting that they bring their passports with the current US visa to the Embassy.”

The letter was copied to Dogara, the US Secretary of State, Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Cleveland Council of World Affairs, and the President and Chief Executive Officer, Marriott International.

On his part, Ikon claimed that the allegation levelled against him was not only untrue but also a case of mistaken identity.

He stated, “My attention has been drawn to the publication, alleging an act of impropriety against me by the US Mission in Nigeria.

“I wish to state unequivocally that this is false and definitely not me.

“This, to me, is a case of mistaken identity and I have already instituted measures both legally and diplomatically to clear my name and the institution I represent.

The US Mission in Nigeria refused to comment on Entwistle’s letter on Thursday.

“We do not comment on private diplomatic correspondence. Thank you very much for your inquiry,” the Mission’s Press Attaché, Sean McIntosh, said in an email.



http://punchng.com/sex-scandal-us-govt-cancels-three-reps-visas-dogara-orders-probe/

International disgrace .


They think the u. S is like nigeria that they can do rubbish and get away with it

MadamExcellency:
The name Buhari is synonymous with fraud and hardship hence shouldn't possess the prefix "Anti" because he is anti peoples survival.

A man challenged to show his certificate, instead he hired 13 SANs and another 10 Counsels to stop Nigerians from seeing his certificate. What a fraud.

Dont u give ur self cardiac arrest sha. Smh

truthspeaks:
If u want to commit, it's human to but I tot all Muslims usually abstain frm pleasure in their highly reverred 'holy month of Ramadan'. Or ddnt they kill ppl in kano n kaduna for committing certain acts against their religion. Oh I even forgot d part dat they v committed murder even in d month of Ramadan. also don't 4get, Mr mohammed belongs to Apc - d party of saints whr holy corruption thrives

If only you can apply a bit of sense, it'll do you a world of good.

So what is in my post that is making you salivate or masturbate that I'm a Muslim to you?

I guess Prof Osinbajo is also a Muslim since he's the VP?

Or Simon Lalong, the plateau gov is also Muslim?

Or Samuel Ortom of plateau and Ambode of Lagos are also Muslims?

Moreover is the below not in your own bible?

Matthew 5:16 KJV
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Or you want to go to the eternity you believe Muslims are all going to?

holocron:
For me, the reps behaved disgracefully by applying their cultural attitudes to people in the US.

...And the ambassador is taking a hypocritical grand standing by suggesting that such behaviour should taint other legislators, or Nigerians as a whole.

For Christ's sake, was it not just a few years ago that world bank (or was it IMF) president was investigated for similar offence? And did it taint the world bank? Or france?

They should have legally indicted the two reps involved if there was substance in the allegations, and not involve the Nigerian Legislature.

Nonsense, a sitting US president (bill clinton) was indicted for sex in the white house. What happened?

he was impeached by the congress

Silly, foolish law makers.... Thinking they are in a lawless zoo like Nigeria....
May the light of Civilization shine on HAUSA people a little.... I pray God.. Ah ah...

I tink u r d one dat needs d sense to see I was only addressing u as an Apc e-zombie n not necessarily a Muslim. My point in summary is d same Mr mohammed will come to 9ja n start forming holy holy n all abt Islam meanwhile, he goes out thr to commit dat wch his religion forbids especially in d month of ramadan dat Muslims regard as holy n have killed ppl for it (kaduna n kano incidents comes to mind). So pls read again n probably u ll get it d 2nd time

theV0ice:
If only you can apply a bit of sense, it'll do you a world of good.

So what is in my post that is making you salivate or masturbate that I'm a Muslim to you?

I guess Prof Osinbajo is also a Muslim since he's the VP?

Or Simon Lalong, the plateau gov is also Muslim?

Or Samuel Ortom of plateau and Ambode of Lagos are also Muslims?

Moreover is the below not in your own bible?

Matthew 5:16 KJV
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Or you want to go to the eternity you believe Muslims are all going to?

truthspeaks:
I tink u r d one dat needs d sense to see I was only addressing u as an Apc e-zombie n not necessarily a Muslim. My point in summary is d same Mr mohammed will come to 9ja n start forming holy holy n all abt Islam meanwhile, he goes out thr to commit dat wch his religion forbids especially in d month of ramadan dat Muslims regard as holy n have killed ppl for it (kaduna n kano incidents comes to mind). So pls read again n probably u ll get it d 2nd time

You are incapable of making sense as you should have known I was also lecturing you; a hateful, bitter and frustrated wailing Zombie who ought to know that whatever holiness a Mohammed follower claims, Mr Samuel Ikon who is even named after prophet Samuel should should display higher.

Once again, is the below in your bible Mr Wailing frustrated Zombie or you're only a Christian when it comes to hating the daura mallam?

Matthew 5:16 KJV
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

uselessgoat:
Look at the caliber of people representing Nigerians at foreign conferences. Wonder why no reasonable law has been passed by the bunch of non entities parading as law makers in nigeria? Shameless sex starved goats whose dick ought to be chopped off. They thought Ohio females are like Abuja poverty stricken girls who are ready to jump in their bed because of their status as honorables and ill gotten wealth? "The Randy goats should be dismissed for bringing shame to Nigerians. The travel bans should be extended to all their families. Awon werey

If you remember this also happened in Australia during Good luck Jonathan's term when members of his entourage( or he himself) attempted to rape hotel maids during a Commonwealth Heads of State meeting, that's why he was never able to go back there throughout his tenure as President. If you also remember, he partied all night celebrating his wife's birthday and could not wake up the next morning to give his speech as scheduled. They were subsequently barred from ever returning to the country.

banmee:
If the USA pronounced a guilty verdict on them believe me they would not have allowed them to leave the U.S. what they did is normal protocol. In cases like this the affected person is usually suspended in order to conduct an invitation.

Another side of the story. Intelligence is part of me and certainly I know lies through inconsistencies and US is certainly wrong in this case.


FULL TEXT

It has come to my attention that via correspondence from your good self to His Excellency, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (a copy of which I also received), you made very serious allegations against me and other members of the House of Representatives group that visited the United States in April 2016 as part of the International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP).



In your letter you claimed that I was identified as one of the members of the aforementioned group who asked for the assistance of a hotel parking attendant to solicit for prostitutes at the Residence Inn Downtown Cleveland Ohio.

I am extremely shocked, upset, irked and embarrassed by your letter and want to categorically state that these allegations are completely false, unfounded, malicious and a calculated attempt to malign and cast aspersion on my reputation and character as a Nigerian citizen and Honourable Member of the House of Representatives and to bring disrepute to the hallowed institution of the National Assembly and the entire nation of Nigeria.

Considering the enormity of these allegations it is instructive to note the following:

1) The US State Department and the US Embassy in Nigeria appear to have concluded on the accuracy of these allegations based on the testimony of the employees of the hotel without recourse to a response from the accused individuals or a proper forensic investigation. Paragraph 5 of your letter clearly states that ‘The US Mission took the pains to confirm these allegations and the identities of the individuals with the employees of the hotel in Cleveland’. The Embassy claims the accused individuals were identified by the hotel employees from a photograph of the group. Is this the manner in which such allegations against any US citizen (not to mention Members of the US Congress) are investigated and prosecuted in the United States or does the US State Department and Embassy have so much disdain towards Nigeria and her citizens that they did not bother to carry out a proper investigation? For a country that prides itself as the bastion of Democracy, justice, the rule of law, fair hearing and human rights it is quite alarming that allegations of this magnitude can be made and confirmed without allowing the accused individuals to respond.

2) Without conclusive evidence of any sort or contact with any of the accused individuals the US State Department and US Embassy in Nigeria have less than six days after your letter to the Speaker gone ahead to revoke the US visas of accused individuals based on hearsay from the employees of the hotel in Cleveland. Affected individuals received correspondence from the US Embassy on Wednesday 15th June 2016 indicating the denial of their US visas and requesting that they bring their international passports with current US visas to the Embassy.

3) The accused individuals were not accosted with these allegations while in the US so they could immediately defend themselves, the hotel employees conveniently refrained from making these allegations while the members of the group were in the United States and curiously decided to do so after our departure. What is the reason behind their not reporting these incidents immediately they occurred and why are we only being informed about these allegations two months after our return from the US?

4) None of the members of the group was driving a vehicle while at the hotel and would therefore have had no cause to interact with the car park attendants as the Residence Inn car park is not in front of the hotel but somewhere behind and some distance away from the hotel. You will have to go out of your way to go to the car park so video footage should clearly indicate whether or not any member of the group interacted with a hotel car park attendant.

5) Other groups comprising African Americans and other ‘people of colour’ were also occupying the Residence Inn while this group of House of Representatives members was visiting Cleveland because of the scheduled basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Atlanta Hawks at the Quicken Loans Arena which is just across the road from the hotel. What is the certainty of the ability of the probably caucasian hotel car park attendants to accurately identify the specific members of any of the groups at the hotel as being responsible for the purported infractions?

6) The US border agency has it on record that I came into the US with my wife and baby on this trip and although the organisers did not allow them to stay with me in the hotel I was always communicating with my wife on facetime whenever I returned to the hotel. I stayed indoors on the days we had a break from our usually hectic schedule and only had cause to go to the grocery store to pick up items for my room. I wonder when it was I found the time to solicit for prostitutes from a hotel parking attendant and how I intended to bring a prostitute to my room when I had a regular facetime schedule with my wife which we never concluded until I was ready to turn in. This can very easily be verified from my log in activity on the hotels Wi-Fi service.

7) I have visited the US and several countries in the world countless times over the last several years and have stayed at countless hotels all over the world and want to dare the US government to find any instance where I have previously solicited for prostitutes from a hotel employee even when I was not a married man. I am a Hilton HHonors Diamond Member with over 1,500,000 reward points, an Intercontinental Ambassador Platinum Elite Member, a Ritz Carlton Rewards Silver member, a Marriott Rewards Member, a Starwood Preferred Guest Member and a Fairmont Presidents Club Member.

I am a member of two of the rewards programs of the parent hotel brand of the Residence Inn (Marriott Rewards and Ritz Carlton Rewards) and the record of my previous lodgings at all the hotel brands can be obtained to ascertain whether or not I have ever solicited for prostitutes from any hotel employee. Although it is very easy to obtain the previous travel history and track record of accused members, it is obvious the US State Department and the US Embassy have presumed our guilt without proper investigation because of the disdain and disrespect they have towards the average Nigerian citizen even when such citizens are Members of the Nigerian House of Representatives, a treatment they will never mete out to an ordinary American citizen who is not even a member of the US Congress.

It is noteworthy that a member of our group made a formal complaint to the organisers of the programme about his being defrauded to the tune of about $100 at the Renaissance Hotel Dupont Circle Washington DC but neither the US State Department nor the US Embassy in Nigeria has deemed it fit to take any action or initiate any investigation in this regard. Members of the group also expressed their dissatisfaction, displeasure and disappointment with the organisers of the programme over their inability to organise a single meeting with any member of the US congress and constraining members to meet with only one State Representative and several County Representatives and officials contrary to the initial objectives of the programme. Perhaps there are other underlying reasons behind the lacklustre attitude of the US State Department and the US Embassy towards ensuring proper investigation of these allegations.

Your Excellency, this unfortunate and malicious situation has further been exacerbated by the fact that your Embassy by omission or commission has allowed your correspondence to the Speaker to fall into the hands of the print media in Lagos without fair hearing or upholding the rights of the concerned individuals; an employee of one of the national dailies intimated me about this and their desire to publish the story.

This story was indeed published in the New Telegraph of Thursday, 16th June, 2016 alleging that related Members of the House of Representatives were involved in a sex scandal.

You can imagine the incalculable damage to my reputation and image with the publication of these spurious allegations especially when I unequivocally know that I am completely innocent.

It is also unfortunate that at a meeting with your Deputy Chief of Mission in Abuja the attempt by members of the group to express their exception to and displeasure with these allegations, the lack of proper investigation and the tainting of the image of the entire group was considered to be a very negative reaction by your Chief of Mission and your good self.

I suppose the US Embassy expected renowned personalities in Nigeria like Members of the House of Representatives to accept complicity in such malicious and spurious allegations without proper investigation or evidence or any opportunity to defend themselves.

Considering the psychological trauma, irredeemable defamation of my character and reputation before my spouse, children, family, colleagues, leadership, constituents and the general Nigerian and global public and the incalculable damage to my political career, I intend to take the following actions:

1) Institute legal action in the United States against the Marriot Hotel Brand, the Cleveland Council of World Affairs and the US State Department requesting for damages, comprehensive investigation of these allegations to exonerate myself and a formal globally publicised apology.

2) Institute legal action in Nigeria against the US Embassy in Nigeria also requesting for damages, comprehensive investigation of these allegations and a formal globally publicised apology.

3) Demand that the US Embassy and the US State Department (regardless of your revocation of my US visa) allow me to travel to Cleveland even at my own expense to confront my accuser and confirm my innocence. I otherwise have no desire to travel to a country that appears to pay only lip service to the ideals they claim to uphold.

4) Demand for the full video/cctv footage covering the period of our entire stay at the hotel; this should clearly show the movements and activities of every member of the group throughout the hotel.

It is unfortunate that I have to write to your good self under these circumstances but I believe you will use your good office to redress this very grave injustice and redeem the image of your country.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/06/benue-rep-member-mark-gbillah-respond.html

DrinkWater10:
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No problems.you can

MadamExcellency:
A case of mistaken identity and cheap blackmail without convincing evidence and infallible proof.

No invitation, No hearing from the accused and the Judge declared a guilty verdict just like that?

Buhari can now see what he caused with his loosed tongue (Nigerians are all corrupt except Buhari, the certificate fraudster).

And you are a fool for believing the m without hearing from the alleged victims. Continue defending corruption and irresponsible behaviour.

jaytee01:
And you are a fool for believing the m without hearing from the alleged victims. Continue defending corruption and irresponsible behaviour.

An irredeemable fool making a fool of himself by calling Intellectuals fool. You lack the manners and thinks all are fools like you.


Get lost and read the Lawmaker's rebuttal


It has come to my attention that via correspondence from your good self to His Excellency, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (a copy of which I also received), you made very serious allegations against me and other members of the House of Representatives group that visited the United States in April 2016 as part of the International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP).



In your letter you claimed that I was identified as one of the members of the aforementioned group who asked for the assistance of a hotel parking attendant to solicit for prostitutes at the Residence Inn Downtown Cleveland Ohio.

I am extremely shocked, upset, irked and embarrassed by your letter and want to categorically state that these allegations are completely false, unfounded, malicious and a calculated attempt to malign and cast aspersion on my reputation and character as a Nigerian citizen and Honourable Member of the House of Representatives and to bring disrepute to the hallowed institution of the National Assembly and the entire nation of Nigeria.

Considering the enormity of these allegations it is instructive to note the following:

1) The US State Department and the US Embassy in Nigeria appear to have concluded on the accuracy of these allegations based on the testimony of the employees of the hotel without recourse to a response from the accused individuals or a proper forensic investigation. Paragraph 5 of your letter clearly states that ‘The US Mission took the pains to confirm these allegations and the identities of the individuals with the employees of the hotel in Cleveland’. The Embassy claims the accused individuals were identified by the hotel employees from a photograph of the group. Is this the manner in which such allegations against any US citizen (not to mention Members of the US Congress) are investigated and prosecuted in the United States or does the US State Department and Embassy have so much disdain towards Nigeria and her citizens that they did not bother to carry out a proper investigation? For a country that prides itself as the bastion of Democracy, justice, the rule of law, fair hearing and human rights it is quite alarming that allegations of this magnitude can be made and confirmed without allowing the accused individuals to respond.

2) Without conclusive evidence of any sort or contact with any of the accused individuals the US State Department and US Embassy in Nigeria have less than six days after your letter to the Speaker gone ahead to revoke the US visas of accused individuals based on hearsay from the employees of the hotel in Cleveland. Affected individuals received correspondence from the US Embassy on Wednesday 15th June 2016 indicating the denial of their US visas and requesting that they bring their international passports with current US visas to the Embassy.

3) The accused individuals were not accosted with these allegations while in the US so they could immediately defend themselves, the hotel employees conveniently refrained from making these allegations while the members of the group were in the United States and curiously decided to do so after our departure. What is the reason behind their not reporting these incidents immediately they occurred and why are we only being informed about these allegations two months after our return from the US?

4) None of the members of the group was driving a vehicle while at the hotel and would therefore have had no cause to interact with the car park attendants as the Residence Inn car park is not in front of the hotel but somewhere behind and some distance away from the hotel. You will have to go out of your way to go to the car park so video footage should clearly indicate whether or not any member of the group interacted with a hotel car park attendant.

5) Other groups comprising African Americans and other ‘people of colour’ were also occupying the Residence Inn while this group of House of Representatives members was visiting Cleveland because of the scheduled basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Atlanta Hawks at the Quicken Loans Arena which is just across the road from the hotel. What is the certainty of the ability of the probably caucasian hotel car park attendants to accurately identify the specific members of any of the groups at the hotel as being responsible for the purported infractions?

6) The US border agency has it on record that I came into the US with my wife and baby on this trip and although the organisers did not allow them to stay with me in the hotel I was always communicating with my wife on facetime whenever I returned to the hotel. I stayed indoors on the days we had a break from our usually hectic schedule and only had cause to go to the grocery store to pick up items for my room. I wonder when it was I found the time to solicit for prostitutes from a hotel parking attendant and how I intended to bring a prostitute to my room when I had a regular facetime schedule with my wife which we never concluded until I was ready to turn in. This can very easily be verified from my log in activity on the hotels Wi-Fi service.

7) I have visited the US and several countries in the world countless times over the last several years and have stayed at countless hotels all over the world and want to dare the US government to find any instance where I have previously solicited for prostitutes from a hotel employee even when I was not a married man. I am a Hilton HHonors Diamond Member with over 1,500,000 reward points, an Intercontinental Ambassador Platinum Elite Member, a Ritz Carlton Rewards Silver member, a Marriott Rewards Member, a Starwood Preferred Guest Member and a Fairmont Presidents Club Member.

I am a member of two of the rewards programs of the parent hotel brand of the Residence Inn (Marriott Rewards and Ritz Carlton Rewards) and the record of my previous lodgings at all the hotel brands can be obtained to ascertain whether or not I have ever solicited for prostitutes from any hotel employee. Although it is very easy to obtain the previous travel history and track record of accused members, it is obvious the US State Department and the US Embassy have presumed our guilt without proper investigation because of the disdain and disrespect they have towards the average Nigerian citizen even when such citizens are Members of the Nigerian House of Representatives, a treatment they will never mete out to an ordinary American citizen who is not even a member of the US Congress.

It is noteworthy that a member of our group made a formal complaint to the organisers of the programme about his being defrauded to the tune of about $100 at the Renaissance Hotel Dupont Circle Washington DC but neither the US State Department nor the US Embassy in Nigeria has deemed it fit to take any action or initiate any investigation in this regard. Members of the group also expressed their dissatisfaction, displeasure and disappointment with the organisers of the programme over their inability to organise a single meeting with any member of the US congress and constraining members to meet with only one State Representative and several County Representatives and officials contrary to the initial objectives of the programme. Perhaps there are other underlying reasons behind the lacklustre attitude of the US State Department and the US Embassy towards ensuring proper investigation of these allegations.

Your Excellency, this unfortunate and malicious situation has further been exacerbated by the fact that your Embassy by omission or commission has allowed your correspondence to the Speaker to fall into the hands of the print media in Lagos without fair hearing or upholding the rights of the concerned individuals; an employee of one of the national dailies intimated me about this and their desire to publish the story.

This story was indeed published in the New Telegraph of Thursday, 16th June, 2016 alleging that related Members of the House of Representatives were involved in a sex scandal.

You can imagine the incalculable damage to my reputation and image with the publication of these spurious allegations especially when I unequivocally know that I am completely innocent.

It is also unfortunate that at a meeting with your Deputy Chief of Mission in Abuja the attempt by members of the group to express their exception to and displeasure with these allegations, the lack of proper investigation and the tainting of the image of the entire group was considered to be a very negative reaction by your Chief of Mission and your good self.

I suppose the US Embassy expected renowned personalities in Nigeria like Members of the House of Representatives to accept complicity in such malicious and spurious allegations without proper investigation or evidence or any opportunity to defend themselves.

Considering the psychological trauma, irredeemable defamation of my character and reputation before my spouse, children, family, colleagues, leadership, constituents and the general Nigerian and global public and the incalculable damage to my political career, I intend to take the following actions:

1) Institute legal action in the United States against the Marriot Hotel Brand, the Cleveland Council of World Affairs and the US State Department requesting for damages, comprehensive investigation of these allegations to exonerate myself and a formal globally publicised apology.

2) Institute legal action in Nigeria against the US Embassy in Nigeria also requesting for damages, comprehensive investigation of these allegations and a formal globally publicised apology.

3) Demand that the US Embassy and the US State Department (regardless of your revocation of my US visa) allow me to travel to Cleveland even at my own expense to confront my accuser and confirm my innocence. I otherwise have no desire to travel to a country that appears to pay only lip service to the ideals they claim to uphold.

4) Demand for the full video/cctv footage covering the period of our entire stay at the hotel; this should clearly show the movements and activities of every member of the group throughout the hotel.

It is unfortunate that I have to write to your good self under these circumstances but I believe you will use your good office to redress this very grave injustice and redeem the image of your country.


http://www.newshelm.com/2016/06/benue-rep-member-mark-gbillah-respond.html

MadamExcellency:
5) Other groups comprising African Americans and other ‘people of colour’ were also occupying the Residence Inn while this group of House of Representatives members was visiting Cleveland because of the scheduled basketball game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Atlanta Hawks at the Quicken Loans Arena which is just across the road from the hotel. What is the certainty of the ability of the probably caucasian hotel car park attendants to accurately identify the specific members of any of the groups at the hotel as being responsible for the purported infractions?

6) The US border agency has it on record that I came into the US with my wife and baby on this trip and although the organisers did not allow them to stay with me in the hotel I was always communicating with my wife on facetime whenever I returned to the hotel. I stayed indoors on the days we had a break from our usually hectic schedule and only had cause to go to the grocery store to pick up items for my room. I wonder when it was I found the time to solicit for prostitutes from a hotel parking attendant and how I intended to bring a prostitute to my room when I had a regular facetime schedule with my wife which we never concluded until I was ready to turn in. This can very easily be verified from my log in activity on the hotels Wi-Fi service.

7) I have visited the US and several countries in the world countless times over the last several years and have stayed at countless hotels all over the world and want to dare the US government to find any instance where I have previously solicited for prostitutes from a hotel employee even when I was not a married man. I am a Hilton HHonors Diamond Member with over 1,500,000 reward points, an Intercontinental Ambassador Platinum Elite Member, a Ritz Carlton Rewards Silver member, a Marriott Rewards Member, a Starwood Preferred Guest Member and a Fairmont Presidents Club Member.

I am a member of two of the rewards programs of the parent hotel brand of the Residence Inn (Marriott Rewards and Ritz Carlton Rewards) and the record of my previous lodgings at all the hotel brands can be obtained to ascertain whether or not I have ever solicited for prostitutes from any hotel employee. Although it is very easy to obtain the previous travel history and track record of accused members, it is obvious the US State Department and the US Embassy have presumed our guilt without proper investigation because of the disdain and disrespect they have towards the average Nigerian citizen even when such citizens are Members of the Nigerian House of Representatives, a treatment they will never mete out to an ordinary American citizen who is not even a member of the US Congress.

It is noteworthy that a member of our group made a formal complaint to the organisers of the programme about his being defrauded to the tune of about $100 at the Renaissance Hotel Dupont Circle Washington DC but neither the US State Department nor the US Embassy in Nigeria has deemed it fit to take any action or initiate any investigation in this regard. Members of the group also expressed their dissatisfaction, displeasure and disappointment with the organisers of the programme over their inability to organise a single meeting with any member of the US congress and constraining members to meet with only one State Representative and several County Representatives and officials contrary to the initial objectives of the programme. Perhaps there are other underlying reasons behind the lacklustre attitude of the US State Department and the US Embassy towards ensuring proper investigation of these allegations.

http://www.newshelm.com/2016/06/benue-rep-member-mark-gbillah-respond.html

ROFLMAOOOOOOOOOOO

These are the dolts representing Nigeria?! This is their defense? They must think this is Africa. So, Face timing your wife is proof that you didn't attempt to ra*pe someone? What about when you got off the call? Oh, being a Platinum Rewards Member exculpates you from this alleged crime? Ah, maybe it was the $100 you complained about that made the staff make such claims against you?

When we come with Camera evidence of the maid going into his room I hope you won't claim its photoshop.

originbm:
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RaptorX:
All they had to do was go on backpage.com and order escorts to come to their hotel rooms and save themselves this stress and embarrassment.

Lol. Those backpage girls are selective ooo. They wont touch those ugly looking looking men with a 6ft pole.