The Leadership of the House of
Representatives have summoned the Controller-General of Nigeria Prison, Peter
Ezenwa Ekpendu, over allegations that one of his aides slapped a female
lawmaker, Onyemeachi Mprakpor, for overtaking his convoy within the premises of
the National Assembly on Wednesday April 20th.
Briefing his colleagues and
presenting a petition by the assaulted lawmaker at yesterday’s plenary, the
House of Representatives Minority Leader, Leo Ogor, said Mkrakpor who
represents Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency of Delta State, was on her way
out of the complex and attempted to overtake the 20-car convoy of the prison
boss when she was stopped and assaulted by one of his aides.
"They blocked her car, and started
bashing her car. When she wound down the windows, an aide slapped her in the
face. The CG sat in the comfort of his car while this happened", Ogor
narrated.
Also speaking, the Majority Leader of the house, Femi
Gbajabiamila, said Mrakpor called him and was crying after she was assaulted.
The house after its deliberations,
resolved to summon the Prison boss over the matter.
Meanwhile the prison authority says
it has begun investigations into the said assault on the female lawmaker.
Spokesperson of the Nigerian Prison Service, Francis Enobore, said
“We were
all present at the National Assembly on Wednesday with the CG. He had a long
convoy, but we all left the place together at the same time and while we were
at the place, there was no fight or quarrel between any of our personnel and
anyone around. As we all left together with the CG, it is not possible for
anyone of us to have jumped down from the convoy and went back to the complex
to fight anybody.”
He said the prison boss has
constituted a panel of inquiry into the alleged assault.
From The Commonman news finding, we
gathered that the General will be retiring soonest.
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