BEVERLY HILLS, AUGUST 8, (THEWILL) – Ousted Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, to ask the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara why he collects N25 million every month.
Claiming that the Speaker suddenly erected a mansion in Wuse II Abuja within six months, the lawmaker added that Dogara expanded his farm in Nasarawa State to about 100 hectares with new buildings and state-of-the-art equipment worth millions of naira from the few hectares of land it was six months ago.
Jibrin made these fresh allegations in a statement issued on Sunday, where he stated that two state governors and three former Reps members were blocking him from having access to President Muhammadu Buhari.
He noted that the action of the governors or the former Reps, who he failed to name, was part of a perfected plot to provide a soft landing for the embattled Speaker of the House.
The lawmaker maintained that the governors had prevented him from meeting Buhari to tell the President his version of the crisis in the lower chamber of the National Assembly as Dogara did last week.
According to him, “After three days of careful observation and receiving information from Nigerians, I discovered a grand plan by two governors and three former House members to provide a soft landing for Dogara and 12 others, give them time to clean up the mess on their desk, destroy whatever evidence in their possession and reach, spread money across members to buy signature of vote of confidence.”
Jibrin said he was shocked that Dogara, who initially denied that the budget was padded, later turned around to say “padding is not an offence.”
His words “Let me make further revelations here. In addition to the allegations I already made, the anti-corruption agencies should ask Speaker Dogara why he collects N25m every month.
“They should also ask him to provide a proof of how he is funding his farm in Nasarawa State, which was just a few hectares six months ago and now miraculously expands to about 100 hectares with new buildings and state-of-the-art equipment worth millions of naira, as well as the mansion he has suddenly built in Wuse II within six months.”
The ex-Appropriations chairman sought the intervention of former Heads of State and the diplomatic community to prevail on Dogara to immediately reconvene the House.
“I am left with no choice but to plead with all our former Heads of State; Gen. Yakubu Gowon; Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo; Alhaji Shehu Shagari; Chief Ernest Shonekan; Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar; and Dr Goodluck Jonathan, and the diplomatic community, particularly Ambassador of the United States of America, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom, and all well-meaning Nigerians to call on Speaker Dogara and three others to reconvene the House immediately, step down and allow a thorough external investigation,” he stated.
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