Goroka MP

This is following repeated attempts by police to bring him in for an interview since the late 2023 when a complaint was filed against him for alleged persistent sexual abuse.

According to a statement by the Police Commissioner David Manning, Tambua had “employed a range of legal measures to avoid questioning.”

However Commissioner Manning in the statement said Tambua attended an interview at the police headquarters on Monday, March 04^th 2024 upon request and was subsequently arrested and charged with 26 counts of criminal offending of a serious sexual nature.

The facility was officially opened in May.

Civil Aviation Minister, Alfred Manasseh, confirmed this today in Parliament when asked by Goroka MP Henry Ame to explain the delay.

Ame raised this concern after finding out from the staff of Air Niugini in Goroka that the high cost of rental from the National Civil Aviation Authority has been stopping them from moving to the new building.

He said the terminal had already been officially opened but yet to be used, jokingly saying the mosquitoes and other insects might already be occupying the building.