Dogara questions Jibrin’s sanity over $20,000 bribe claims

Speaker Yakubu Dogara has described as false, reckless and malicious the claim that he shared $20,000 to each member of the Appropriation Committee.

He was reacting to one of the several allegations by the former Chairman of Appropriation Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin that he (Dogara) shared $20,000 each to members of the Appropriation Committee.

The Speaker made this denial through his Deputy Chief of Staff, CID Maduabum.

According to him, Jibrin is a serial blackmailer, “a man with the basest of motives whose sanity has become questionable.”

His statement read, “My attention has been drawn to a statement issued by the disgraced and sacked former chairman of appropriation committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin wherein he falsely, recklessly and maliciously claimed that I distributed $20,000 to each member of the committee to address the media where they stated their grouse against him.

“I wish to state that I did not at any time meet or hand over any money of any sort to any member of the House Appropriation Committee. This accusation is not only a lie but pure fiction, a figment of his imagination which can only come from a man whose soul is deeply corrupted.

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“It is really shocking that this kind of despicable character could slip through the political process and become an honourable member of the House of Representatives, a highly respected institution where we all passed through.

“This has confirmed that Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin is a serial blackmailer, a man with the basest of motives whose sanity has become questionable.”

This is one of the series of allegations and denials that has continued to pop up between Jibrin and Dogara ever since Jibrin’s removal as Chairman, House of Representatives Appropriation Committee.

By Ebere Ndukwu …

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