The Ambassador, in a letter dated June 9, 2016 particularly charged Hon. Mohammed Garba Gololo (APC, Bauchi), Hon. Samuel Ikon (PDP, Akwa Ibom) and Mark Gbillah (APC, Benue) of endeavoring to assault a Hotel servant at the International Visitor Leadership Program.
Entwistle's request understands: "It is with misgiving that I should draw out into the open the accompanying circumstance. Ten individuals from the Nigerian National Assembly as of late made a trip to Cleveland, Ohio as members in the International Visitor Leadership Program on great administration.
"We got disturbing assertions with respect to the conduct of three individuals from the designation to the U.S. Government's lead proficient trade program.
"The U.S Department of State and the Cleveland Council on World Affairs got reports from workers of the Cleveland lodging where the agents stayed, affirming the delegates occupied with the accompanying conduct:
"Mohammed Garba Gololo supposedly snatched a servant in his inn room and requested her for s*x. While the maid reported this to her administration, this episode could have included neighborhood law authorization and brought about legitimate outcomes for Representative Gololo.
"Mark Terseer Gbillah and Samuel Ikon professedly asked for inn stopping chaperons help them to request whores.
The U.S. Mission went to considerable lengths to affirm these claims and the personalities of the people with the representatives of the inn in Cleveland, Entwistle said.
"The behavior portrayed above left an extremely negative impression of Nigeria, throwing a shadow on Nigeria's National Assembly, the International Visitor Leadership Program, and to the American hosts' impression of Nigeria all in all. Such direct could influence a few members' capacity to go to the United States later on.
"While the greater part of Nigerian guests to the United States do carry on suitably, even a couple of Nigerians showing misguided thinking prompts a poor impression of the Nigerian individuals by and large, however it is a long way from exact.
"Such episodes risk the capacity of future programming and make host foundations and associations more averse to welcome comparative visits later on.
"Also, the vast majority of the individuals from this gathering responded adversely to my representative when she conveyed this matter to their consideration, further raising doubt about their judgment and responsibility to the objectives of the International Visitor Leadership Program. This leads us to address whether to incorporate National Assembly individuals for other comparative projects later on.
"I ask for, in the most grounded conceivable terms, you impart this message to individuals from the National Assembly so they comprehend the earnestness of these issues, and the potential outcomes of their activities, for themselves as people, as well as for the eventual fate of such projects intended to advantage Nigeria".
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