According to an exclusive report by Premium Times,
the sacked former chairman of the Federal House of Representative
Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Sunday, released what
he said were pictures of one of Speaker Yakubu Dogara’s guest houses, as
the budget padding scandal rocking Nigeria’s House of Representatives
worsens.
Hon. Jibrin who sent the pictures to the publication on Saturday
night, said they depicted Dogara’s guest house located at Vistula
Close, along Panama Crescent, in the exquisite Maitama neighbourhood in
Abuja.
Jibrin had repeatedly said in his allegations that Dogara allegedly
looted funds meant for legislative duties to furnish his guest houses
and other apartments being personally used by him.
The charges were part of the similar ones Jibrin had come up with
in recent days, following his ouster from the Appropriation Committee’s
leadership on allegations that he betrayed the House leadership and
other members.
Jibrin denied all the allegations, saying it was Dogara who had
been sitting over massive misappropriation of public funds as Speaker.
“Mr. Speaker and Deputy Speaker Yusuf Lasun diverted millions
of naira all in the name of paying for guest houses and official
residence. The issue became so messy that the Deputy Speaker openly
accused Hon Herma Hembe of short changing them of millions of naira in
the deal to the shock of many honourable members,” Jibrin said in a July 25 statement.
Dogara and others named in the alleged fraud denied the allegations.
Jibrin’s whistleblowing had seen the public inundated with House
internal documents about how funds were allegedly allocated to lawmakers
for ‘constituency’ projects, triggering sweeping investigation into the
scandal.
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