In a new statement he released yesterday July 25th, sacked chairman of
the House of Representatives committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin
Jibrin, says President Buhari will ban the speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu Dogara and some house leaders permanently from
the state house if he knew about their corrupt acts. He accused Dogara
of diverting millions of Naira in the guise of paying for hotels and
official residence. The statement reads in part;
“Speaker Yakubu Dogara and his senior cabal namely Deputy Speaker Lasun,
Whip Doguwa and Minority leader Ogor have promoted corruption so badly
in the house that if President Muhammadu Buhari, with his disdain for
corruption and corrupt people, had the slightest idea, he would 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 shortchanging them
of millions of naira in the deal to the shock of many Hon Members.
Speaker Yakubu Dogara frequently abuses 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
arrangement to build houses for members. He has been applying every
underhand tactic 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”.
