A former chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr Attahiru Jega, has accused members of National Assembly of seeking for bribes to carry out their constitutional duties.

Speaking while delivering this year’s Democracy Day lecture at International Conference Centre, Abuja, on Monday, Jega said he had “spoken to quite a number of chief executives who complained of high demand for bribes from members of National Assembly in the name of so called oversight functions.”

The professor of Political Science told the gathering, including President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen and other top government personalities that “some chairmen of committees at the National Assembly are notorious for seeking for bribes.”

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