Two Members of the House of Representatives from Bayelsa and Rivers respectively on Thursday, threatened to beat up their colleague over his invitation to former President.
Diri Duoye & Atunwa
There was a mild drama at the National Assembly on Thursday after two members of the House of Representatives, Diri Duoye and Ms Boma Goodhead, threatened to beat up Razak Atunwa over his invitation to former President Goodluck Jonathan to explain his alleged role in the OPL 245 Malabu Oil deal.
According to a report by Vanguard, Diri Duoye, the lawmaker from Bayelsa, who was apparently disturbed as the direct representative of the former president and could not contain himself any longer at the end of a public hearing, sent a warning signal to Atunwa that he should be ready for a showdown.
Duoye confronted his colleagues saying why on “earth should he summon a former president to testify," adding, "can such an invitation be extended to former president Obasanjo?".
But another lawmaker from South West countered him saying that ”there’s a window to it let’s see how it plays out".
Responding and shaking his head, Duoye said; ”I don’t think I can restrain myself from not beating him up which window are you talking about and where is it done that a former president is being ridiculed like this".
Another member representing Rivers state, Goodhead in anger, also declared that ”is it because it’s Jonathan and he remains a gentleman that he is?."
All attempts to calm down the Bayelsa lawmaker were rebuffed as he called on his colleague ”Boma please let us leave this place and see what is happening in plenary."
It was gathered that most of the lawmakers present at the hearing condemned the move made by the adhoc committee investigating the Malabu oil deal scam.