Embattled former Chairman, House of Reps Committee on Appropriation, Mr.
Abdulmumin Jibrin, has alleged that two state governors and three
former members of the House of Representatives were denying him access
to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Jibrin in a statement on Sunday claimed that the action was a deliberate plan to provide a soft landing for Dogara.
According to him, the governors had blocked him from meeting with
President Buhari to tell him his own side of the story, just as Dogara
did last week.
He said, “After three days of careful observation and receiving
information from Nigerians, I discovered a grand plan by two governors
and three former House of Reps 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.”
He added, “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.”
Jibrin further sought the intervention of former Heads of State and
the diplomatic community to compel Dogara to reconvene the House
immediately.
He said, “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.”
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