HOUSE OF REPS ACCUSE LAI MOHAMMED OF HOUSE RULES IGNORANCE

   THE House of Representatives said on Sunday that the recent comments by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Lai Mohammed on the controversial $9.3 million arms deal is an eloquent testimony of his ignorance of how the legislature operates. The House advised the APC spokesman to get a copy of the Standing Orders of the House to guide his comments on its proceedings. A motion to debate the $9.3 million,which was seized in South Africa on September 5 had failed on the floor of the House on Tuesday last week after the majority of members opposed it.APC members on the House protested the ruling of Ihedioha on the motion and walked out of the chambers to express their disapproval of the decision.Mohammed,in his swift reaction to the decision of the House, had accused Ihedioha of manipulating the proceedings to stall the debate. Replying Mohammed,the House said under its rules,motions dealing with ''infrastructure'',''disaster'',''security'',and ''investigation'' are not debated.