Allegations I bribed Speaker Abbas with $1.7m childish — Ugochinyere

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Allegations I bribed Speaker Abbas with $1.7m childish — Ugochinyere
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Ikenga Ugochinyere, has denied the story making the rounds that he bribed the Speaker of the House of Representatives with a whopping sum

The Chairman of the House Committee on Downstream Petroleum, Hon. of $1.7 million to secure his plum job. Ugochinyere, representing Ideato North and South Federal Constituency of Imo State, described such talk…The Chairman of the House Committee on Downstream Petroleum, Hon. of $1.7 million to secure his plum job.

He said the attempt to drag the Speaker and his name into a Hollywood fiction story is dead on arrival and all those who aided the stories in one way or another will face the wrath of the law, including those involved in smear campaigns. “Only a childish mind would believe the poorly scripted work that the Speaker was given $1.7 million for something that is not worth a penny. We will not dignify the cheap attempt to distract and divert attention from the House investigation into corruption in our oil industry.

The Chairman of the House Committee on Downstream Petroleum, Hon. of $1.7 million to secure his plum job.

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