Nigeria: UPDATED: Senate, Reps deny receiving $30,000, $5,000 bribes to approve Rivers emergency rule

Taiwo Amodu and Kehinde Akintola

FOLLOWING widespread allegations, both the Nigerian Senate and the House of Representatives have denied that $30,000 and $5,000 bribes were shared to senators and Reps members, respectively, to secure their buy-in for the endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency and appointment of a sole administrator in Rivers State

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, said the session he had with lawmakers on the eve of…