250 Reps sign petition for Dogara's impeachment
- Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman of the House of Representatives committee on appropriation, has claimed that 250 members of the House have signed a petition against Yakubu Dogara
- Jibrin said that members of the House have demanded that the lower chamber be reconvened so the issue can be thrashed
Abdulmumin Jibrin, the recent ousted chairman of the House of Representatives committee on appropriation, has claimed that 250 members of the House have signed a petition calling for the resignation of the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara.
Jibrin went on air to state this despite the instruction from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop him from commenting on the budget padding scandal.
The party admitted that the budget padding crisis has caused it a lot of embarrassment adding that it is seeking possible solution to the matter.
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The former chairman, speaking on African Independent Televison's (AIT) Focus Nigeria, said no one has the internal budget of the House of Representatives and that the speaker refused to release it.
He also added that the Reps have demanded that the House be reconvened so the issue can be thrashed.
Jibrin said: “I am not alone, I am with many members. On Wednesday, a lot of them said they wanted to go to the secretariat with me, but I said no. I didn’t want us to make the thing to look like a movie.
“We have the transparency group and it did not just start now; so no one can say Jibrin initiated it. It was formed even before we went on holiday. Anyone that says we are lying must be a joker because there were about 200 signatures before we left for holiday.
“Now, they have increased to about 250. Another group has emerged aside the integrity group and these groups have come together and all they are asking Mr. Speaker to do is to reconvene the House immediately and step down, but the body language of Mr. Speaker and a few corrupt people around him is that the issue would have died down when we resume in September and Nigerians would have forgotten.
“You are corrupt and you are talking about September. What we are asking for is that Mr. Speaker should reconvene the House immediately and step down so that internal and external investigations can go on concurrently.”
Jibrin also said that the House spokesman, Abdulrazaq Namdas has ran out of the country because he can't provide good answers to the issues on ground.
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"In Nigeria, corrupt people don't have shame. Corruption exist in the House of Representatives. What I am doing is beyond Dogara.
I was in charge of finance committee for 4 years without any allegation of corruption. I didn't do any side cuts with them. That's why none of them can accuse me of being corrupt," he said.
Source: Legit.ng
