Philip Agbese, deputy spokesperson of the house of representatives, has called for a transparent investigation into the alleged forgery of his signature in the endorsement of Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere for the position of minority leader.
BACKGROUND
On Wednesday, some opposition lawmakers nominated Ugochiyere, lawmaker representing Ideato north/Ideato south federal constituency in Imo, for the minority leader position to succeed Kingsley Chinda, lawmaker representing Obio/Akpor federal constituency, who vacated the role after emerging as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Rivers state.
On Thursday, during the house of representatives plenary session, Agbese, a member of the Labour Party (LP), denied endorsing Ugochinyere to lead the minority caucus.
Agbese alleged that his signature was forged on the document nominating Ugochinyere for the role — a claim the Action People’s Party (APP) lawmaker dismissed as an “outrageous lie”.
Ugochinyere, who chairs the house committee on petroleum
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