You’ll be ‘Heavily’ punished, House of Reps tells Jibrin

The Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Mr Alhassan Ado-Doguwa said former chairman, House committee on appropriation, Mr Abdulmumin Jibrin, would not escape punishment

– He said Jibrin’s allegation about budget padding were misrepresentation of facts to avenge his removal as a committee chairman

Yakubu Dogara and Abdulmumini Jibrin

For allegedly “bringing the image of the legislature into disrepute” the Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Mr. Alhassan Ado-Doguwa said former chairman, House committee on appropriation, Mr Abdulmumin Jibrin, would not escape punishment.

The chief whip said Jibrin’s pronouncements about budget padding were “misrepresentation of facts” to destroy the House and avenge his removal as a committee chairman, Punch is reporting.

“His rushing to court is sheer cowardice and an act of escapism. Jibrin’s legal strategy is to deploy a judicial instrument to protect himself against possible sanctions from the House over his baseless and fictitious allegations to defame and destroy our integrity in the eyes of the Nigerian public.

“He has also succeeded in subjecting the National Assembly to disrepute and institutional damage, which apparently contravened our internal standing rules and specifically, sections 24 and 33 of the Legislatives Houses Powers and Privileges Act.

“These clear violations of our internal code of legislative conduct must attract legislative sanctions against Jibrin.

“Nigerians should know that the statements and pronouncements made by Jibrin were mere misrepresentation of facts.

“Having realised that he is already consumed, he is now resorting to the court options, (in)which I believe he will lose out as well.”

Source: Naij.com