I Will Not Withdraw My Allegations, Jibrin Replies Dogara
The former Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said he will not withdraw any of the allegations he made against the Speaker of the house, Yakubu Dogara.
This is coming after Dogara gave Jibrin a seven-day ultimatum to retract his allegations or face legal actions.
Jibrin had accused Dogara and three other principal of corruption and padding the 2016 budget.
But in a swift response, Jibrin in a series of statement via twitter, insisted that he won’t back down on his allegations.
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He further revealed that he was working to get the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and Independent Corrupt Practices Commission to investigate Dogara.
See tweets below:
I will not and will never apologize to a shameless fraud in high office who has glaringly abused public trust like speaker Dogara&3 others
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) July 27, 2016
/ we would have begun the process of making these characters pay for abusing their office
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) July 27, 2016
I am happy to announce that my lawyers have officially approached the EFCC and the ICPC /
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) July 27, 2016
I have responded to their allegations rather than respond to mine,he is rushing to court. I stand by my allegations &will not withdraw them!
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) July 27, 2016
I know he will rush to court in order to invoke the house rules that matter in court can not be heard on the floor.
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) July 27, 2016
Speaker Dogara has threatened legal action on me. Quite predicable.
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) July 27, 2016
Meanwhile, in a series of tweets this morning, Jibrin further unveiled fresh allegations against Speaker Dogara. He accused Dogara of fraudulently diverting a Federal Government water project to his farm in Nasarawa state. See tweets below:
Good morning fellow Nigerians, Everyday I will give additional allegation against Mr Speaker&the 3 others until the law catches up with them
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) July 28, 2016
Allegation no21 to MrSpeaker:why did you fraudulently divert a Fed Govt water project to your farm in Nasarawa&how are you funding the farm?
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) July 28, 2016
When a new Speaker emerges and the other principal officers replaced, I will write to the presiding officers of both chambers to commence
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) July 28, 2016
/a radical internal reform in the entire NASS beyond budget to cover performance assessment, running cost and allowances,investigations etc
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) July 28, 2016
If the reform so done on nass is not made public latest by December, I will shall take it up&lay before the general public even if Iam alone
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) July 28, 2016
