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SPEAKERSHIP RACE: Judiciary must not allow itself be used in campaign of calumny –Jibrin

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A lawmaker from Kano, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin has called on the Nigerian judiciary not to allow itself to be used in what he describes as a campaign of calumny by some people who are moving against the speakership of Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila.

While speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, the leader of Femi Gbajabiamila campaign organization, said the majority leader of the House of Representatives was never convicted of any crime in the US.

Jibrin described the accusations as a tactic to distract Gbajabiamila from the race to become speaker of the house of representatives.

“Femi Gbajabiamila has never been convicted for any crime in the US, Nigeria or anywhere,” he said.

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“He has never been accused of corruption and has no corruption case. He never committed perjury in Nigeria or any country of the world.

“He has provided clarifications and set records straight. The allegations have been tested and struck out in court. It has been stated that he is a full member of the Bar of Georgia.”

Jibrin also displayed what he said was a letter confirming Gbajabiamila’s membership of the Bar of Georgia as well as the copy of the Nigerian court judgement striking out the case.

“We further wish to state that Femi has not been served any court summons or notified by the clerk of the national assembly. The judiciary must not allow itself to be mixed in this campaign of calumny,” he said.

Recall that a court in the federal capital territory (FCT) had asked Gbajabiamila to appear before it on Monday, the eve of the speakership contest, over a suit filed by Action Peoples Party (APP).

The party had asked the court to disqualify Gbajabiamila from the race on the grounds that he was convicted in a $25,000 fraud case.

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