In a blistering statement released on
Monday entitled”the Corrupt Speaker Yakubu Dogara and his 3-man cabal,”
Jibrin raised a series of allegations against the principal officers
including Minority Leader, Leo Ogor and Chief Whip, Garba Alhassan.
Jibrin said his allegations should be
investigated and the extent of corruption ascertained before the House
undertakes to probe the budget padding saga he triggered last week.
The statement reads: “Honourable colleagues and fellow Nigerians, I wish to make further revelations.
“Speaker Yakubu Dogara and his senior
cabal namely Deputy Speaker Lasun, Whip Doguwa and Minority leader Ogor
has promoted corruption so badly in the House that if President
Muhammadu Buhari with his disdain for corruption and corrupt people have
the slightest idea, he will ban the QUARTET permanently from the Villa
before they eventually allow for proper and unbiased investigation by
the House.
“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 Hon Members.
“Speaker Yakubu Dogara frequently abuse
his office amounting to conflict of interest by soliciting for
inappropriate favours from agencies and Multinational companies. He
forced an agency to grant loans and a construction company blackmailed
to do some work at his Asokoro ‘plot’
“Speaker Yakubu Dogara has carefully
designed a scheme to scam Hon Members through deduction from their
salaries certain amount of money for a so called mortgage arrangements
to build houses for members. He has been applying every under hand
tactics to ensure Members agree to the deal.
“Speaker Yakubu Dogara has consistently
refused members access to the financial dealings and internal budget of
the House. He runs the financial management of the House like a cult
aided and abated by the Chairman House services Hon Babanlle Ila. It is
no longer news that all over the House, Hon Members are aware of the
monumental fraud perpetrated by Speaker Yakubu Dogara in this regard.
“We are even told that this is a child’s
play compared to the mess and allegations of money laundering he left
behind as Chairman house services in both the 6th and 7th Assembly. The
EFCC should have something to start working with in respect to his
tenure as Chairman House services if they properly dust their files.
“I am therefore once again calling on
Hon Colleagues and well meaning Nigerians to prevail on Speaker Yakubu
Dogara and his 3 other cohorts to put the interest of country first and
allow the House to conduct a thorough investigation into the allegations
on them.
“This is just the tip of an ice bag. I will make further revelations in due course.”
But in a swift reaction, spokesman to
Speaker, Turaki Hassan, said Jibrin’s allegations are a tissue of lies
that should be dismissed.
“These are all lies and desperate
attempts of a drowning man to clutch unto anything having found that all
his frivolous allegations do not disclose any element of corruption or
wrongdoing against Mr. Speaker,” a terse rejoinder said.
Source: Order Paper
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