Over the years, some Nigerian politicians have been victims of sex scandals. Here is a list of some of them who were at one time or the other accused of engaging in illicit affairs.
The latest politician to be involved in a sex scandal is an appointee of President Muhammadu Buhari, Chief Willie Amadi.
A sex video released in January had showed Amadi in a room with two girls making out.
In the video, Amadi, a lawyer and Federal Commissioner, Imo State Office of the Public Complaints Commission, was seen in a 12-second video that captured him and the girls in a compromising position.
Few days after the video went viral, an Imo State Magistrates’ Court convicted a 20-year-old school leaver, Peter Nwoke, for superimposing a picture of Amadi onto a video of the two women to put the President’s appointee in an awkward position so he could blackmail him.
However, resources advised SaharaReporters that Nwoke made the confessional assertion that he had superimposed his video onto any other after being threatened and promised millions of naira.
“The narrative that one Nwoke Peter edited a intercourse video to blackmail Amadi is fake. It changed into properly deliberate by Amadi and some top police officers. I changed into reliable informed that they promised the young boy millions of naira to cooperate with them; this became once they threatened the younger man several instances.
“I can’t say the precise amount that turned into paid now however I was instructed he has been paid a part of it. He (Amadi) claimed it was a video from a pool aspect that the boy edited; tell him to show us this authentic video, I suggest the video he claimed he took beside the pool which the guy superimposed on some other.
“Like I stated in advance, it become all deliberate to store Amadi from dropping his contemporary job as an appointee of President Buhari and his destiny political ambition. Imagine, this guy was arrested, investigated and sentenced to prison within nine days, now not even a month, my brother, nine days. What type of research became executed without a forensic evaluation? I pity the young boy though, he did the whole lot below duress,” a senior police officer advised SaharaReporters.
Speaking to SaharaReporters, a Lagos-based forensic professional, Gbenro Akinyomi, stated an evaluation of the video the use of an InVID software program confirmed it turned into no longer superimposed.
“Check the video very well, there is a reflect at the back of the scene reflecting the authentic activities. The guy (Amadi) recorded the video; he become concerned in the act. Since he claimed it was superimposed, what approximately his image on the mirror in the background? Was that edited as properly? The video is real,” he told SaharaReporters.
Meanwhile, a veteran Nollywood actress, Mrs. Hilda Dokubo, had demanded similarly investigation into the case, pronouncing the accused could have been forced to personal as much as against the law.
Dokubo said the young guy couldn't have dedicated such against the law due to the fact there was no technology on the time that one may want to use to superimpose a photo on a video or motion photo.
Bukar Abba Ibrahim, Former Yobe State Governor’s Dingy Hotel Room Escapade
In 2017, a senator and previous governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, changed into shown in a viral video published through SaharaReporters dressing up inside the presence of two women in a dingy hotel room.
Ibrahim but stated that he had not committed any respectable wrongdoing and the video become most effective made public after attempts to blackmail him failed.
“This is a non-public, private depend. What does my having been with a female ought to do with the general public?
“You realize the normal element: people ask for unreasonable matters, and if you deny them, they are attempting to blackmail you if they have a way,” he said.
The senator in addition said he owed no person an explanation given that he become not accused of any crime.
Ogun State Commissioner, Abiodun Abudu-Balogun’s Alleged Rape Scandal
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A sixteen-yr-vintage secondary schoolgirl had alleged in a video on Facebook that Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, the suspended Commissioner of Environment in Ogun state attempted to rape her.
She stated, Abudu-Balogun, who was a member of the House of Representatives, connived with her uncle and a teacher on December 31, 2020 to trap her to the commissioner’s house at Ita Otu, Ogun Waterside LG, on the pretence that he might assist her secure a job as a computer operator.
The lady narrated how Abudu-Balogun allegedly fondled her breasts and tried to pressure himself on her when she refused to succumb.
She stated whilst she screamed, he compelled N2,000 into her hands and requested one Austin, a trainer, to take her home.
The commissioner, in a signed assertion, described the allegation as “political blackmail” by way of those he referred to as his “adversaries.”
“Let me nation emphatically that I by no means attempted to sexually harass all people,” he said.
But a declaration signed via the Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, on Sunday, announced the commissioner’s suspension from workplace “pending the conclusion of an unbiased investigation into the allegation of sexual harassment.”
Although in two separate videos, the schoolgirl and her father, Melojuekun Monsuru, said they have been no longer inquisitive about pursuing the case, the Ogun State Police Command insisted on going ahead with the research, describing it as an offence in opposition to the nation.
Three House Of Representatives Members’ Misadventure In The US
In 2016, the then US Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle accused contributors of the Nigerian House of Representatives of wrong behavior whilst on an legit ride to america.
Specifically, Entwistle accused those individuals of tried rape and solicitation of prostitutes.
He made the allegation in a letter dated June nine, 2016 addressed to then Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.
The ambassador stated that the offending representatives were Mohammed Garba Gololo (APC – Bauchi), Samuel Ikon (PDP – Akwa Ibom), and Mark Gbillah (APC – Benue). The 3 contributors allegedly attempted to rape a resort housekeeper at the International Visitor Leadership Program held in Cleveland, Ohio.
Entistle petition reads: “It is with remorse that I should carry for your interest the following situation. Ten individuals of the Nigerian National Assembly these days travelled to Cleveland, Ohio as participants within the International Visitor Leadership Program on appropriate governance.
“We obtained troubling allegations regarding the conduct of three individuals of the delegation to the United States Government’s flagship professional change software.
“The US Department of State and the Cleveland Council on World Affairs acquired reviews from personnel of the Cleveland motel wherein the representatives stayed, alleging the representatives engaged within the following conduct:
“Mohammed Garba Gololo allegedly grabbed a housekeeper in his inn room and solicited her for sex. While the housekeeper reported this to her control, this incident should have involved nearby law enforcement and led to prison outcomes for Representative Gololo.
“Mark Terseer Gbillah and Samuel Ikon allegedly asked hotel parking attendants assist them to solicit prostitutes.”
The honourable contributors, but, denied the allegations and were later cleared after an investigation by means of the House of Representatives Ethics and Privileges Committee.
Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta
In 2020, former Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh, claimed that she slapped the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, for sexually assaulting her.
She disclosed this at some point of an interview with Arise TV wherein she stated she become the only Nigerian girl who had slapped the minister. The incident, she said, passed off at his visitor residence in Abuja.
“Why did he now not tell Nigerians that I slapped him in his guest house at Apo? I am the simplest Ogoni girl, the only Nigerian girl that has slapped him. I slapped him because of his plan B. Since he couldn’t get me to take that cash, he notion that he ought to arise on me,” she had stated.
“He didn’t recognize that I’m a Port Harcourt girl. Port Harcourt women aren't moved via money…by way of anyone telling me that he will make me the important MD. Akpabio’s conferences with me have been either at Apo or Meridien…Yes, I am accusing him of sexual harassment.”
But Akpabio, in a announcement by using Anietie Ekong, his media aide, described the allegations as “litany of lies.” It further stated that Nunieh’s assaults had been both private and backed.
Godiya Akwashiki, Nasarawa Senator Beaten In A Hotel
A nude video speculated to be of then Nasarawa Deputy Speaker and Senator, Godiya Akwashiki, went viral in March 2019.
He changed into allegedly stuck inside the act of trying to sleep with the wife of former National Judicial Council (NJC) secretary, Danladi Envuluanza.
The snap shots showed the lawmaker being molested in a 16-2d clip in which he become stripped naked.
Another showed him seated naked in a automobile, with handiest a ripped vest on.
He become hit several instances by people, even as he time and again stated, “Sorry.”
A supply close to the Envulanza family said that Akwashiki popular the allegations and attributed it to the satan in his confessional assertion to the police at the Maitama police station.
He stated the lawmaker got Mrs Envulanza’s variety with the goal that she might help him persuade her husband to assist his senatorial ambition.
“After the election, he has been calling her more often, like 3 to 4 times day by day. With the manner events have taken a different size and the fact that he has shown hobby on Danladi’s spouse, she warned him on activities,” he said.
He stated regardless of the caution, the lawmaker nevertheless persevered in making sexual advances toward her.
He brought that at the day of the incident, the lawmaker contacted Envulanza’s protection detail to ask him wherein his boss was as at that point, The security element informed him his boss had travelled to Jos.
Not glad with the answer, he known as Danladi’s motive force to also ask approximately the whereabouts of his boss and of direction, the driving force told him that Danladi had travelled to Jos.”
“It appeared like a great time for the devil to e-book an appointment with Danladi’s spouse.
“He phoned her and made arrangements for her to fulfill him at distinctive stores grocery store where he might purchase the liquids they would drink on the resort he was taking her to,” the source stated.
He said unknown to the lawmaker, Envulanza didn’t travel to Jos and become aware of the plan and were tracking the scenario.
“It become after he picked her up and was taking her to a motel that he was stuck and crushed via some irritated youths. He became then passed over to the police.
“At Maitama police station, Godiya Akwashiki confessed to have been seeking to sleep with Danladi’s spouse and that he became taking her to a lodge,” he said.
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