Nigeria: I didn’t offer $1.7m to Speaker Abbas — Ugochinyere — Africa Links 24

Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum Resources Downstream, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere on Wednesday, dismissed reports making rounds on the allegation bothering on inducement of $1.7 million of Speaker Tajudeen Abbas to secure the Chairmanship of the Committee.

Mr Ugochinyere disclosed this via a statement titled: ‘Threat/Allegation of giving Speaker $1.7m – a false nonsensical belated attempt to provoke, divert attention from endemic corruption in Oil industry – Ugochinyere’,…