Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has debunked the statement credited to Senator Peter Nwabaoshi who was quoted as saying that former Delta State Governor James Ibori supported his emergence as Speaker of the House of Representatives.

A statement by Dogara’s Media Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Turaki Hassan on Friday, said: “We have watched the video clip and noticed that there is nowhere the distinguished senator mentioned Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara by name.”

The statement added that “the Rt. Hon. Speaker was elected by the votes of members of the House of Representatives. There may well be silent supporters and well wishers of the Honourable Speaker from far and near some of whom he may not be aware of.

“Hon Yakubu Dogara does not have a relationship, political or otherwise with former Governor James Ibori of Delta state to warrant the insinuations in the statement credited to Senator Nwaboshi, and had never had one.”

•Speaker Dogara.