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JIBRIN: Nonentity petitions are Dogara and co’s continued witch-hunt

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Suspended House of Assembly member Abdulmumin Jibrin, has described his invitation by the House of Representatives as an extension of the witch-hunt against him by Speaker Yakubu Dogara and his “corrupt cabal in the House”.

According to him, “These petitions came from a nonentity sponsored by Speaker Dogara that calls itself a youth organisation under the guide of the fraudulent Ikenga Ugo Chinyere”.

The House had earlier permitted Jibrin to enter the National Assembly premises to answer to petitions against him alleging that he operates five foreign accounts among other allegations.

But reacting, Jibrin alleged that the petitions against him and its consequent invitation is a scheme by Dogara and his cabal to paint him (Jibrin) in a negative light and divert attention away from the allegations of massive budget fraud and corruption hanging on their necks.

Jibrin in a statement, claimed that the invitation was nothing but an “extension of the witch-hunt launched against me by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara and his corrupt cabal in the House to paint me in a negative light and divert attention away from the allegations of massive budget fraud and corruption hanging on their necks”.

Part of the statement read, “I have read from several media platforms that Speaker Dogara, using the House of Representatives, has invited me to appear yet again before the ethics committee over two fresh petitions on absenteeism and poor representation of my constituency and operating a foreign account.

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“These petitions came from a nonentity sponsored by Speaker Dogara that calls itself a youth organisation under the guide of the fraudulent Ikenga Ugo Chinyere.

“It is curious that the ethics committee refused to admit and rejected 18 petitions against the Speaker and some principal officers of the House, bothering on monumental budget fraud, unprecedented abuse of office and massive corruption but shameless have reduced the entire activities of the ethics committee to witch-hunt Hon. Jibrin.

“This latest assault is coming because the security and anti-graft agencies have made advance progress on investigation, which has led to the freezing of the accounts of some principal officers…where large sums of illicit funds were found. This development has created a huge tension in the House of Representatives and the man to blame and who must be dealt with decisively through any means is Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin.”

He went further to say, “I will make a formal statement on the invitation and petitions when I receive an official communication from the Speaker or his agents. But in the meantime, I wish to state categorically clear that this disgraceful action is an extension of the witch-hunt launched against me by Speaker Dogara and his corrupt cabal in the House.”

 

 

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