Ikenga vs Agbese: G-60 lawmakers deny forged signature claim

The G-60 Minority Caucus successful the House of Representatives has dismissed allegations that signatures attached to the information of Hon Ikenga Ugochinyere for the presumption of Minority Leader were forged, insisting that each endorsements were voluntarily signed by lawmakers.

The caucus made the clarification successful a connection issued connected Thursday and signed by its Chairman, Hon. Mukhtar Umar, and the Secretary, Hon. Seyi Sowunmi.

The connection comes arsenic a effect to claims by the Deputy House Spokesperson, Hon. Philip Agbese, during plenary that his signature connected the information papers had been forged.

According to the group, 61 retired of the 81 members of the Minority Caucus willingly endorsed Ugochinyere’s information to capable the vacancy created by the exit of erstwhile Minority Leader, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, who defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, and aboriginal emerged arsenic the party’s governorship campaigner successful Rivers State.

The lawmakers described Agbese’s allegation arsenic mendacious and misleading, maintaining that helium personally participated successful the process that led to the postulation of signatures successful enactment of Ugochinyere.

They further claimed to person video grounds showing Agbese signing the information papers and said the footage would beryllium made nationalist successful the involvement o...