In a statement he released this evening, Jibrin alleged that two serving governors are working with some other politicians to give Dogara soft landing on the alleged budget padding scandal. In the statement, Jibrin says Dogara's face, cap, Agbada and even his shoes radiate corruption and abuse of office. He alleged Dogara also receives 25million naira every month. Read his statement below...
It has once again become necessary for me to make some statements, clarifications and further revelations.
As
you are aware, my party the APC has intervened in the current crisis,
following allegations of corruption, embezzlement and gross abuse of
office I leveled against Speaker Yakubu Dogara, three other principal
officers and 9 other members, of which none had responded to any.
As
I said earlier, it is only the 13 members of the House that are on
trial not the House of Representative as an institution. Surprisingly,
they have resorted to using every tactics to narrow the allegations to
only issue of padding, which in itself is a grievous offense, ignoring
tens of other criminal allegations contained in my petition to the
anti-corruption agencies. In doing so, they mischievously expanded the
scope of the culpability to give an impression that the entire House,
Senate and even the Executive arm of government and some individuals
outside NASS are on trial.
This
is a wicked attempt to drag many institutions and individuals into the
matter to neutralize the issue, spread fear and sell the dummy that the
entire country will go down if this matter is dealt with decisively.
This is the biggest blackmail I have ever seen. Nigerians should know
that the whole agenda of this blackmail is being coordinated by a group
of five people, two serving Governors and three former members of the
House. I will give their names in due course. They have been running
pillar to post and I keep wondering what really do they have to hide or
are afraid of since they are not Members of the House.
The
meeting with the party went very well and in all honesty they were very
objective and showed understanding. I told the party that I will be
part of any peaceful resolution EXCEPT on the criminal allegations I
have raised against Speaker Dogara and 12 others. On that, I told the
party there is no going back and further informed them that more
revelations will be made once investigation commences. I also informed
the party that I will stand as witness against them and provide every
support that will help investigation and prosecution of these 13
extremely corrupt members. The party wrote and asked that Dogara and I
should stop further public statements on this issue. I respected the
party and stopped further statement but kept a close watch on what was
going on. Of course I have my network everywhere.
After
three days of careful observation and receiving information from very
patriotic Nigerians, I discovered a grand plan by the group of two
Governors and three former members designed to provide soft-landing for
Dogara and 12 others, give them time to clean up the mess on their desk,
destroy whatever evidence in their possession and reach, spread money
across members to buy signature of vote of confidence, try to scare and
drag as many people as they can into this matter, invade the party and
top government officials and influential people that have the ears of
the president and try to change the media and public narrative by
embarking on very expensive media campaign to discredit and attack my
person with all manner of lies they can concoct.
I
have made it a duty to respond to all the allegations against me. The
latest they brought up this weekend has already been taken care of in my
soon-to-be-released memoir. But I have decided not to wait until my
birthday in September to release it. I will start releasing the memoir
in piecemeal any moment from now so that answers to their cheap
blackmail, including the junk and lies they peddle in the media, will be
provided. While I was determined to observe the ceasefire, Dogara and
his group of few rogues didn't. I called Sen Lawali Shuaibu and
complained on Thursday, Friday and Sunday. He promised to reach the Speaker. On Friday the Speaker spoke to the press after meeting the president on the matter, and they launched a massive attack on me on Saturday and today Sunday
in the media, while the party is keeping a sealed lip. No body will
blame me that I responded. Iam completely convinced that the two
Governors and three former members were already at work. I know them
like the palms of my hands, and I know how they operate. But Almighty
God is more than them.
I
was shocked and dumbfounded when I saw the Speaker on television saying
padding is not an offense not because of the disgraceful contradiction
after clearly stating that I was "sacked" for padding but I could not
believe he could have the temerity to make such reckless, insensitive,
arrogant and fraudulent statement right within the sanctity of the
president's Presidential Villa, a place that symbolizes zero tolerance
for corruption. If you watched the Speaker on the screen talking, you
can clearly see that from his face, cap, Agbada, down to his shoes, it
was a radiation of corruption, dirty money, monumental fraud and abuse
of office. It was irritating to see such character around the corridors
of power.
He
didn't know that by that statement he has clearly confirmed my
allegation that he and 3 others connived with some committee chairmen to
insert into the budget over 2,000 items worth 284billion naira. No
wonder he refused to take action despite my complaint. Now that I have
provided evidence that he and 3 others masterminded the insertion of 40
billion naira into the budget, another wasteful 20billion naira and
attempt to force me to insert another 30billion naira into the budget,
padding is no longer an offense???! So the Speaker is saying the nine
roads he inserted into the budget which he fraudulently sandwiched into 4
roads and inserted billions into that without any design or costing is
not an offense? Or the water project he hijacked from the budget and
took to his farm is not an offense? Or moving ten solar boreholes to a
place that probably requires just two is not an offense? This has really
proved that Speaker Dogara is the son, father, grand father and great
grand father of padding! Nigerians are watching!!!
Let
me make further revelations here. In addition to the allegations I
already made, the anti-corruption agencies should ask Speaker Dogara why
on earth he collects 25million naira every month just to spend it the
way he wants. They should also ask him to provide proof of how he is
funding his farm in Nasarawa State which was just few hectares six
months ago and now miraculously expands to about 100 hectares with new
buildings and state-of-the-art equipment worth millions as well as the
mansion he has suddenly built in Wuse II within six months.
It
will be unfair to drag the Senate or senators into this matter.
Everybody knows that it is the House that has commanding powers over
appropriation. There is nothing in the senate appropriation committee
secretariat, that is why I requested for the protection of only that of
the House when I heard Dogara was planning to destroy the computers and
the hardware. The Senate president was too busy then to even get
involved. He was always receiving what I later realized was skeletal
briefing from the Speaker. It is also a strong tradition of the National
Assembly that in an event of disagreement between standing committee of
the Senate and the House, that of the House supersedes. That was
exactly what we did on 2016 budget except that of Health, where we
adopted the report of the Senate because the chairman House Committee on
Health practically converted the budget to his personal estate, moving
massive amount of money that made the whole exercise looked like a big
joke. I heard the chairman Hon Chike Okafor talking, trying to put
defence on TV, and I simply said truly looters have no shame in Nigeria.
The Minister of Health Prof Adewale is alive to testify and he knows
the role I played to get the health budget, atleast to an implementable
shape.
All
government and security agencies and top government functionaries
should be wary of the activities of these two governors and three former
members going round trying to blackmail the Senate and the Executive
arm of government in order to diffuse and neutralize the allegations
that will change the history of Nigerian parliament for good. We may
never have this kind of opportunity to deal decisively with corruption
in the House. We may never! If you observe carefully, you will notice
attempts last week to wickedly drag the Senate, DSS, SGF and others into
this matter. This is all orchestrated by the group of 2 governors, 3
former members and Speaker Dogara and his corrupt cabal. Nobody is in a
better position than me to know who the culprits are. The next time you
see them in your offices trying to blackmail you that these allegations
will bring down the whole country, report them to the police
immediately. These allegations are on Speaker Dogara and 12 others and
will not in anyway bring down the House, the Senate or the Executive arm
of government as they are claiming in their widely spread propaganda.
Part
of the grand plan is also to peg the blackmail on religious line.
Speaker Dogara forgot that it was me, a Muslim from North West that
spearheaded his election despite all the challenges I faced.
I
believe Speaker Dogara, the 12 others and some vested interest within
and outside the House want to kill me. I no longer feel safe. I have
carefully followed their desperation to suppress what will go down in
history as the biggest corruption case in Nigeria. I have prepared
myself for any eventuality. I have spoken to my mum and dad extensively
during the weekend. I have prepared my family. I have handed over a
handwritten note and documents to a popular SAN, a man of integrity and
other persons that I believe will lay it bare even if they succeed in
killing me.
It
is a fact that all the members that signed for Dogara's vote of
confidence collected money in a shameful and disgraceful exercise, and
despite that the consensus remains the Speaker must step aside and face
external investigation.
Finally,
this cabal of two governors and three former members have blocked every
avenue that I can use to reach the President so that he can get a
different perspective on this issue. Iam therefore left with no choice
than to plead with all our former Heads of State, Gen Yakubu Gowon, Gen
Olusegun Obasanjo, Alh Shehu Shagari, Gen Ibrahim Babangida, Chief Enest
Shonekan, Gen Abdulsalam Abubakar and Dr Goodluck Jonathan and the
diplomatic community, particularly Ambassador of the United States of
America, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom, the German and French
Ambassadors and all well-meaning Nigerians to join in the call on the
corrupt and fraudulent Speaker Dogara and 3 others to reconvene the
House immediately, step aside and allow for a thorough external
investigation and also call on the anti-corruption agencies to expedite
action on investigation and commencement of prosecution in line with the
anti corruption stands of this government.
God bless Nigeria.
Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin
APC-Kano
Kiru-Bebeji Federal Constituency
Kano
APC-Kano
Kiru-Bebeji Federal Constituency
Kano
DON'T MIND THEM, EXPOSE THEM ALREADY
ReplyDeleteAUNTY LINDA 👩
Mtchew
Delete-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
Chai! What a country! Linda take note!
DeleteCorruption in high places and dis is y Nigeria is NEVER developed bcos of people like Dogara and is likes.
DeleteWhat a shame and I look up to seeing d end of dis epistles of corruption in Nigeria.
Long live LIB.
Expose the criminals
DeleteBiased set of crooks
ReplyDeleteNo wonder these politicians kill anyone that stands on their way during elections because it's all about criminalistic representation
DeleteHnmmmmm
ReplyDelete...merited happiness
This is really serious... More dramas pls!
ReplyDeleteThe Budget padding brouhaha is quite shameful. Sl much corruption in this country. God will forgive us
ReplyDeletehave you seen this 9ja sextape trending on IG? click here
Abeg! this issue don tire me Biko.
ReplyDeletesays, Genevieve.
Abeg! this issue don tire me Biko.
ReplyDeletesays, Genevieve.
Can you imagine your statement. Nigeria is going Siemens the drain and you saying this.
DeleteIf these people go unpunished then there is serious problem.
If they brush these shameful case of Dogara under the carpet then Nigeria is serious problem and this government becomes a ridicule.
They must not go unpunished.if we can have heavily corrupted group of old men in Buhari's cabinet then there is serious problem in this country of ours.
Serious gobe..crossing finger
ReplyDeleteNa wa oo
ReplyDeleteI have said it before, we just may spend the next two years and nine months, watching APC drama while our economy goes into extinction...
ReplyDeleteit's the 8th month of the year and we are still on budget padding while alot of families may not even have breakfast tomorrow? Smh
<< LIB Addict >>
Would you have preferred the approval is given and then these corrupted individuals divert the monies to farm(s) and their other business of interest.
DeleteThen you open your to say Nigeria is useless or you speak out so these set of greedy old men realise Nigerians are not ready to accept rubbish from them .
Look at our current situation from the previous administration.
I'm feelin this vibrant man. I can't wait for the investigation against Dogara and co to start fully.
ReplyDeleteOkk
ReplyDeleteExpose them all! No mercy, man.
ReplyDeleteGetting interesting
ReplyDelete@ Mr Jubrin, cut the crap. It is your party that told you to make this statement. Do you think the southerners reason like the northerners? Just shut up. You have already spill the beans. There is no hiding place for APC sacred cows.
ReplyDeleteOne would wonder that all these issues (if true) was going on and thus guy kept mute all through when he was the chairman of the appropriation committee. Why is he now ranting?Because he was removed?Someone should stop him that Nigerians are tired of his petty allegations and we want to move forward.
ReplyDeleteIs this battle becoming Faience and dirty because Dogara is a Christian? Not just on allegation of corruption.
ReplyDeleteSee ur small brain. Who is talking about Christianity in this matter. Billions of Naira about to be diverted to person pockets at the expense of Nigerians. All u can think of is that Dogara is a christian. Thank God Pres. Buhari witheld accent of d budget. This has brought awareness to Nigerians on hw our common wealth has been continuously diverted in past administrations.
Deletethis guy is very serious in this fight. But he cant win because people against him are much more greater than people that are for him.
ReplyDelete#GodHelpNigeria
Have you read this?
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Did i hear him call, my president's name? I mean Dr. Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan. Hahaha. Whistle blowing no be beans my man. So you weren't ready for all this shits when you were talking like a woman.U are talking like a drowning man.
ReplyDeleteThis man no dey tire at all.. Make him corrupt party no disown am oh
ReplyDeleteNa me talk am!
Long Live Lib!!!
Abdul plz let dat dogara go.
ReplyDeleteHe is a good writer...... Write more epistle sir...
ReplyDelete........ Liber maniac.... .
Na wah!!!!
ReplyDeletethey have finished Naija
ReplyDeleteU sacked him for budget padding and u later say budget padding isn't a fraud. Crying for Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteSham to buhari government Linda post my comment.
ReplyDeleteLeave Buhari out of it. He faulted the budget that is why he refused to sign it since.
DeleteThe guy is PDP agent , he is a talkertaf, then we want, he's making more headline ,enjoying the attention
ReplyDeleteAmerica will not listen because they know u are more corrupt Bury ur head in shame bastard we are tired of u all
ReplyDeleteThis jubrin is a parrot... Infact all u are corrupt. Pls lets change this change
ReplyDeleteGod bless Nigeria!
ReplyDeleteIs now obvious to all nigerians and the world that GMB is shading his party members of corruption and only fighting the opposition which is itself corruption.
ReplyDeleteIf Buhari should act as if he doesn't know what's going on , in both chambers,then he need to call it a day and move back to his farm.
ReplyDeleteMay the Almighty God turn the enermies of Nigeria against each other. They will never speak with one voice. They will continue to disgrace each other
ReplyDeleteMega revelations playing out here! PMB and others over to you, as you've enough jobs in your hands now!
ReplyDeleteCorruption and bad Leadership have always been the problems of our dear Country hence we can't single out a particular regeme that's free from this Canker worm ravaging us!
God help us.
Want to say am very proud of this man. I like his courage. I believe completely without any doubt that he's lying. APC who are saying they are here for change are trying to shut him up so we the people don't know. He who is fighting corruption outside has not first checked his house he's throwing stones at the neighbours (PDP). This is the worst Government since we had democracy. The economy is crumbled and not crumbling. I guess this is the change we wanted let's enjoy it. Now if we like let's vote them again wise people let's votes these people again. We better wise up. As for me this man is my mentor and my hero I have maximum respect for him. If this speaker gets out of this then we are dead. I feel sad for Nigeria very sad. Very sad.
ReplyDeleteSure sir.ride on Oga.expose all of them. We v got ur back.criminals in d house. We will help u in d crusade. Linda take note
ReplyDeleteBuhari better do the needful..I am tired of the speed our president is using to fight corruption..
ReplyDeleteNa wa oo
ReplyDeleteThis guy is spilling fire and trying to review the truth and this is some that the executive arms of the government should look at immediately
ReplyDeleteDear Honourable, we will join u and kill this expensive dangerous killer call corruption.
ReplyDeleteBuhari is the king of corruption. He is the one directing Dogara. For all we know, Dogara's padding is to fund Buhari and his greedy wife. From non-payment of rent eviction to carrying N40 million handbag in 1 year. God punish Buhari as Nigerians are suffering untold hardships. God will continue protecting Jibrin.
ReplyDeletei dreamt that Buhari resigned. with all of these mess from his party members making his corruption fight a mockery, it may as well become reality. hmmmmm
ReplyDeleteAbdul wat are we up 2 plz let dogara go.
ReplyDeleteAre this ignorant? If Buhari was in support of budget padding why did he refuse to sign the budget all this while? Was this not what brought the attention of Nigerians to the issue of the budget?
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