The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, over “the failure to probe the allegations that lawmakers pay up to ₦3 million to sponsor or present bills, motions, and petitions at the National Assembly.”
Mr Akpabio and Mr Abbas are sued in their own right and on behalf of all members of the National Assembly.
SERAP’s suit followed the recent allegations by Ibrahim Auro, a member of the House of Representatives (APC, Jigawa), in a viral video recorded in Hausa that members of the National Assembly pay between ₦1 million and ₦3 million each to sponsor or present bills, motions, and petiti
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