The All Progressives Congress, APC has heen asked to prevail on Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila to step out of the contest for speakership
of the 9th House of Representatives on account of alleged misdeeds in the United States.
Gbajabiamila, a frontrunner in the contest for Speaker of the House of Representatives has been endorsed by his party leadership and the APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Howevet, the national chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was told in a fresh petition that the outgoing House leader lacks the reputation to hold the office of the number four person in the country.
The petition followed a court action initiated by a taxpayer, Philip Undie to stop Gbajabiamila from the contest on the basis of some of the allegations leveled in the petition to Oshiomhole.
The petitioner is one Basah Mohammed, editor of Corruption Reporter Communications Limited. The letter to Oshiomhole dated 23rd May 2019 accused the outgoing House leader of double identity and multiple fraud allegations in the United States. The petition also alleged that Gbajabiamila had been disbarred in Georgia, United States of America.
The letter to Oshiomhole which was copied to several security agencies read thus:
“We are a registered media organization committed to good governance and accountability in public office through factual reportage.
“We are constrained to write you in respect of the above as the chairman of the All Progressives Congress; the ruling party and the party with majority members-elect in the incoming 9th National Assembly (House of Representatives) due for inauguration in June, 2019.
“As a leader of the Party which prides and proclaims itself as a party of change and founded on the principles of integrity and avowed fight against corruption, it is imperative that anybody that will occupy any visible political position should and must not have integrity deficit on account of their profile.
“The seriousness and commitment of your party’s administration to maintain and reposition our country’s ebbing international trust and respect will be appraised from the perspective of the choice of persons for political positions,
both elective and appointive.
“The position of number four person in the country is a very crucial one; a collegiate leader in the Nigerian National Assembly. Therefore, any occupier must be above board in integrity and reputation for us to be taken seriously in the comity of nations.
“It is therefore incumbent upon you as the leader of the party to ensure that due diligence is carried out on anyone aspiring to hold this very important position which will be critical to the success of your party’s government and the overall sustenance of democracy in Nigeria
In the meantime, we have taken the liberty to forward copies of this letter as well as the attachments to the appropriate agencies for their information and necessary action, the petition said.