by pmnews ·
Former
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations,
Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Monday, made true his threat to submit a petition
against Speaker Yakubu Dogara and three principal officers of the House
to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.Jibrin
was sighted at the Yellow House headquarters of the EFCC this afternoon
in Abuja to formally deliver his petition against his colleagues for
allegedly padding the 2016 budget with as much as N40b.
The
lawmaker had earlier stated on his twitter handle that he would be
visiting some anti-graft agencies in a bid to substantiate his
allegation of budget padding against the Speaker of the House, Yakubu
Dogara and other principal officers of the House.
Jibrin had
recently accused the Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Yusuf Lasun, Chief Whip,
Alhassan Ado Doguwa, and the Minority Leader, Leo Ogor, of attempting to
pad N40bn into the 2016 budget.
Jibrin said his aim of visiting
the various anti-corruption agencies is to ensure that Dogara and the
other principal officers are brought to justice.
According to the
former Chairman, he will fully cooperate with investigators to enable
them understand the depth of budget fraud and abuse of office by the
Speaker.
“We will be at the ICPC 10am, DSS 12noon, EFCC 2pm and
Police HQ 4pm. The law will surely catch up with the corrupt Speaker
Dogara and others.
“My lawyers have confirmed my appointments for
today with security and anti corruption agencies to personally provide
insight on my petition.”
Jibrin, while giving an insight into his
petition, said his case against the Speaker and others include, “corrupt
enrichment, abuse of office and public trust, living above means,
massive movement of funds in the budget.
“Our petition to the
EFCC and ICPC against Speaker Dogara, Lasun, Doguwa, Ogor and eight
other members have been dispatched yesterday,” he added.
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