The Controller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) Dr. Peter Ekpendu, has denied the alleged assault by his aide on a female lawmaker at the National Assembly
A statement signed yesterday by the spokesman of the agency, Francis Enobore, on Friday in Abuja on behalf of the CG, explained that “it is true that the Controller-General was at the National Assembly on the invitation of a Committee to attend to some official issues with some of his staff, neither the pilot car in front of him nor his official car had any confrontation with anyone.”
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The statement reads: “However, since it is alleged that the assault took place within the precinct of the National Assembly, precisely at the security post of the outer gate with hordes of security personnel from various agencies including that of the National Assembly on duty, it is advisable to establish what actually transpired from these security officers. The matter is currently being investigated by the Police.
“The Controller-General is a peace loving and law abiding citizen of Nigeria who has never been involved in any act of bravado, impunity or hooliganism and will never encourage any form of abuse on any Nigerian including the Honourable member of the National Assembly and will not tolerate any form of indiscipline on the part of his staff.”
