The House of Representatives has invited Ibrahim Lamuwa, a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, over allegation of sexually harassing an aide of the minister.
Lamuwa is being summoned by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, chaired by Oluwole Oke, lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State.
TheCable quotes Oke as saying that Lamuwa, who is being accused of “persistent sexual harassment” by Simisola Ajayi, a married female aide of Yusuf Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will appear before the committee on Thursday.
In a petition through Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Ajayi had informed Tuggar of Lamuwa’s alleged sexual advances.
It was stated that in the petition, Ajayi said Lamuwa approached her on October 7, 2023, during the first retreat to review President Bola Tinubu’s 4D policy, to ask why she did not pass the night at the hotel after the event.
According to the petition, the permanent secretary told Ajayi that he would want her to come to his room after the event.
She was said to have declined the invitation, insisting that she was a nursing mother and needed to go home to care for her baby.
In May, her boss, who is the minister, informed Folasade Yemi-Esan, Head of Service of the Federation, of the allegations against Lamuwa.
In June, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) invited Ajayi for interrogation on the matter.
