JIBRIN AND KAZUARE IN TROUBLE

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The leadership of the House of Representatives has come down hard on Abdulmumuni Jibrin and referred him for investigation for allegedly misrepresenting what happened during the Joint Executive Session of yesterday.

 

The attention of the House was drawn to publications credited to Jibrin on behalf of his National Assembly Parliamentary Support Group, saying that the resolutions adopted at the Joint Session were not a true reflection of what happened.

 

In his complaint; Sunday Karimi from Kogi State urged the House to refer the comments by his counterpart from Kano State to the Ethics and Privileges Committee for investigation.

 

Sunday Karimi said the Abdulmumunin Jibrin lied when he said only PDP members of the National Assembly were allowed to speak during the session.

 

In his response; the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, decried a situation where lawmakers would not be present during sitting to get a clear picture of what is happening.

 

Dogara said the sitting of yesterday was for every lawmaker, adding that anyone who said it was for PDP should have raised his voice.

 

The Speaker subsequently referred the matter to the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges to investigate and to report back to the house.

 

With this development; Abdulmumunin Jibrin faces the risk of suspension if indicted in the report of the Ethics and Privileges Committee.

 

If that happens, it would mark the second time the Kano State lawmaker would be suspended from the House of Representatives of the Eighth National Assembly.

 

Jibrin previously bagged a suspension for one hundred and eighty legislative days in connection with the 2016 Budget padding scandal.

 

But he managed to secure a court order voiding the suspension and the release of his financial entitlement during the period of his absence.

 

In another development member of the House of Representatives; Muhammed Kazaure, has also been subjected to investigation.

 

Kazaure, who represents Kazaure-Roni-Gwiwa-Yankwashi Federal Constituency of Jigawa State, had alleged that there was a plot to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.

 

The attention of the House was drawn to the comment by Kazaure in an interview with reporters in Abuja on Tuesday by his colleagues - Nicholas Ossai from Delta State and Kingsley Chinda from Rivers State.

 

Both lawmakers alleged that their Jigawa State counterpart accused them of gathering signatures to impeach the president, following which he was directed to appear before the House Committee on Rights and Privileges for questioning.

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