The in-fighting in the House of Representatives between Abdulmumnim Jubrin and Speaker Yakubu Dogara seems to be getting messier by the day as the embattled Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Sunday, released what he said were pictures of one of Speaker Yakubu Dogara's guest houses
According to an exclusive report by Premium
Times , the sacked former chairman of the Federal
House of Representative Committee on
Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Sunday,
released what he said were pictures of one of
Speaker Yakubu Dogara’s guest houses, as the
budget padding scandal rocking Nigeria’s House
of Representatives worsens.
Hon. Jibrin who sent the pictures to the
publication on Saturday night, said they depicted
Dogara’s guest house located at Vistula Close,
along Panama Crescent, in the exquisite Maitama
neighbourhood in Abuja.
Jibrin had repeatedly said in his allegations that
Dogara allegedly looted funds meant for
legislative duties to furnish his guest houses and
other apartments being personally used by him.
The charges were part of the similar ones Jibrin
had come up with in recent days, following his
ouster from the Appropriation Committee’s
leadership on allegations that he betrayed the
House leadership and other members.
Jibrin denied all the allegations, saying it was
Dogara who had been sitting over massive
misappropriation of public funds as Speaker.
“Mr. Speaker and Deputy Speaker Yusuf Lasun
diverted millions of naira all in the name of
paying for guest houses and official residence.
The issue became so messy that the Deputy
Speaker openly accused Hon Herma Hembe of
short changing them of millions of naira in the
deal to the shock of many honourable
members,” Jibrin said in a July 25 statement.
Dogara and others named in the alleged fraud
denied the allegations.
Jibrin’s whistleblowing had seen the public
inundated with House internal documents about
how funds were allegedly allocated to lawmakers
for ‘constituency’ projects, triggering sweeping
investigation into the scandal.
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