NASS seals up Jibrin’s office

The office of the embattled Abdulmumin Jibrin at the House of Representatives building Abuja has been sealed up.

The former Appropriation Committee Chairman was on Wednesday, based on the recommendation of the House Ethics and Privileges committee, suspended for 180 days by the House.

Speaking on why management of the National Assembly sealed Jibrin’s office, Spokesman of the House, Rep Abdulrazaq Namdas, APC, Adamawa, said “management did the right thing”.

He went further to say, “There is no haste there because if a judge finds you guilty you are not given the luxury of time to do otherwise. It is not because of the action of the House Jibrin went to court, the action of the House is laced around the collective breach of our privileges by Jibrin.

“He (Jibrin) did not go to court because of the action of our committee but what the committee did was to suspend him for his action against our collective privileges.  And let me quickly remind you that Jibrin has not formally submitted any petition against anybody to the House till date.

“What he did is to go outside NASS to submit petitions and mind you his petition is built around the quartet of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Whip and the Minority Leader.  His case has no relationship with the entire House but in the case of his suspension, he was suspended for violating our collective privileges as enunciated in our House Rules”.

 

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