Abudulmumin Jibrin and Yakubu Dogara
Speaking with journalists in the federal
capital territory, Abuja on Tuesday, former chairman house of
representatives committee on appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, said the
speaker, Yakubu Dogara, begged the north east caucus of the lower
chamber for forgiveness over his alleged role in padding the 2016
budget, adding that the budget was marred with so many frauds that he
did not know of.
“When a grievous allegation in this nature is raised, there are
laid-down rules to investigate such issue; it should not be
investigated internally.
“The speaker should step down for proper investigation. Nobody
is hunting him, but he should step down for a committee to do its work
and investigate the issue.
“The speaker begged us that we should forgive him. He also
begged for the principal officers. He said that the House should forget
what happened in the 2016 budget. But Hon. Sani Zoro told the speaker
that the house will forgive him, but we have to accompany him to beg
Nigerians.
“When he was begging, you could see the desperation on his face
that he does not want to leave the seat. He loves the position of
speaker so much.
“My question to him is; did he connive with the principal
officers to steal the N40 billion? There are so many frauds in the
budget that I did not even know until now. The speaker took four
projects to his farm, including a fielder road,” he said, adding that he did not care if he was suspended, as he knew the risk he was taking.
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