This may not be the best of time of the Speaker of the House of Representative, Hon. Yakubu Dogara as his known foe, a former ally, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin in fresh allegations, accused of directing the movement of “massive amount of money” from the accounts of the House.
Jibrin, who made the allegation in his Twitter handle on Saturday, called on security operatives to arrest the Speaker “before he steals everything.”
The Kano State-born lawmaker also alleged that Dogara was entangled in a multi-billion car contract scandal through “his fronts as chair of House Services,” calling on the speaker to explain his role.
But Dogara, responding in a series of Tweets, dismissed the allegation as “fictional and scandalous untruth,” because “no Kobo belonging to Nigerians has been misappropriated, stolen or lost.”
The two lawmakers had been locked in battle over alleged padding of the budget, just as efforts by the leadership of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) to prevent them from publicly commenting on the saga had failed.
Jibrin, who was responding to Dogara’s Tweets on the budget loading saga, dropped a new bombshell in which he also described the Speaker’s apologetic tone as a consequence of the heat turned on him.
“May be it is easier for Dogara to explain his role in the fraudulent multi- billion naira cars contract by his fronts as Chair of House services
“The same speaker who, few days ago, said padding is not an offence and he cannot be investigated. I guess it is the heat. It will only get worse.
“So that external and internal investigation and various reforms by the new Speaker can commence to restore the battered image of the House.
“His apology will make better sense if Speaker Dogara and the three others take further step to reconvene the House immediately and step aside,” Jibrin said.
Below are some of the tweets by Jibrin:
We must all thank the corrupt Speaker Dogara for finally apologising to Nigerians for the multiple lies he has shamelessly been dishing out— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 13, 2016
This apology will make better sense if Speaker Dogara&the 3 others take further step to reconvene the House immediately and step aside— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 13, 2016
So that external and internal investigation and various reforms by the new Speaker can commence to restore the battered image of the House— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 13, 2016
Same Speaker who few days ago said Padding is not an offense and he can not be investigated. I guess it's the heat, it will only get worst..— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 13, 2016
Same Speaker who few days ago said Padding is not an offense and he can not be investigated. I guess it's the heat, it will only get worst..— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 13, 2016
May be its easier for Dogara to explain his role in the fraudulent multi billion naira cars contract by his fronts as Chair House services— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 13, 2016
This same man we call Speaker l, "no 4 citizen" is involved in all cases of fraudulent contracts and money laundry in the House since 2007— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 13, 2016
The speaker, while commenting, reiterated that there was no “act of corruption” by him during or after the consideration of the budget estimates by the House.
While calling for patience on the saga, he said “the truth which will vindicate the innocent will unfold soon.”
“I swore an oath of allegiance to the constitution and would defend this with all of my heart.As an officer in the Temple of Justice, I owe unalloyed allegiance to the Judiciary and to all institutions of law enforcement.
“I am not above the law, and I would never imply that I cannot be investigated by security agencies or tried by our courts.I did not say or mean that I am above the law or that I am shielded by the law, or that I have immunity for any infractions on the law,” he said.
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