A House of Representatives member, Hon. Jesse Okey-Joe Onuakalusi, has called on police authorities to come to his rescue over the activities of his former aide, Ajayi Samuel Crowther, for allegedly impersonating him.

The member representing Oshodi/Isolo II Federal Constituency, Lagos, in a petition through his solicitors, Okpoko SAN, and Associates, addressed to the Divisional Police Officer, National Assembly Complex, accused Crowther of also forging his signature in breach of extant provisions of the law.

He stated that for someone to have the effrontery to forge the letterhead and signature of a legislator in the country is the height of impunity, urging the police to give the matter the seriousness it deserves and bring the culprit to justice through a thorough investigation so that he suffers the consequences of his crimes.

According to the petition, the lawmaker claimed that sometime in April 2024, he received a message from the Embassy of the Republic of Taiwan requesting him to authenticate the veracity of a letter purportedly written by him on behalf of Crowther, nominating him for the one slot given to him for training in Taiwan.

The lawmaker said he was dumbfounded and agitated because he never wrote such a letter and never signed such a letter, claiming Crowther had “cleverly and criminally” forged his letterhead.

“Our client therefore requests that the said Mr. Ajayi Samuel Crowther be invited by you and interrogated with respect to this. Further, he should be investigated whether there have been other such letters written by the said Mr. Ajayi Crowther to other agencies in Nigeria, whether domestic or international,” the petition noted.