SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, (THEWILL) – The All Progressive Congress (APC) has expelled Hon. Abdulmumuni Jibrin, the member of the House of Representatives representing Bebeji Federal Constituency, who was suspended for accusing the leadership of the House of budget fraud.
According to the APC in Bebeji Local Government Area of Kano State, Jibrin was expelled for taking part in anti-party activities.
Reading the resolution expelling Jibrin on Thursday, the party Chairman in the local government, Sani Ranka, told journalists in Kano that the party had taken all constitutional steps to make Jibrin step back from anti-party activities to no avail.
Ranka accused the former Chairman House Committee on Appropriations of promoting divisive tendencies revealing that the party formed a five-member committee to meet with Jibrin, but the lawmaker refused to meet the panel.
“The party will not condone indiscipline and disrespect to leaders or duly constituted authority. We hereby inform the world that Jibrin has been expelled from our great party,” he said.
“Before taking this final decision, we formed a disciplinary five-man committee and they went to him on 11-4-2017, he saw them briefly but without any tangible talks and they went back on 13-4-2017 he then refused to see them.
Mr. Ranka said after reporting back to the party executives, the party’s caucus agreed to expel Mr. Jibrin from the party accusing him of factionalizing the party, creating new unconstitutional leadership, going against the government of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and indiscipline against the national headquarters of the party and the presidency of Muhammadu Buhari.
THEWILL recalls that Jibrin had accused Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker, and some principal officers of the house of padding the 2016 budget, an allegation which those listed denied.
He was accused of misconduct and the House directed its ethics committee to probe him. The panel recommended his suspension, and Jibrin was suspended for 180 legislative days, which is approximately one year.
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