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Alleged US$1 million bribe to lawmakers to change parties

Status

No final report

Assembly

House of Representatives

Opened

13 February 2014

Assembly term

7th National Assembly (2011–2015)

Committee

Committee on Ethics and Privileges

Sum at issue

US$1 million

Subject

Bribery and abuse of office

Without a report for

4,654 days

Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers) drew the House's attention to a claim by the APC spokesman, Lai Mohammed, that members who had just defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were each paid US$1 million. The House directed its Committee on Ethics and Privileges to investigate.

What the record shows

13 February 2014
Probe opened.
As of 11 November 2026
No final report of this probe has been found on the public record.

Opened more than 120 days ago, and no final report of the committee has been found on the public record. Interim reports and hearings are shown where known. Know of a report, hearing or outcome missing here? Send a correction.