Reps speak on bribery over Rivers emergency rule

The House of Representatives has reacted to allegations of receiving financial inducement to endorse President Bola Tinubu’s proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State.

The House said its members were not bribed with $5,000 each to approve the emergency rule in the South-south state.

Deputy Spokesman of the House, Philip Agbese, said this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Saturday.

Mr Agbese, who represents the Ado/Obadigbo/Opkokwu Federal Constituency of Benue…