Suspended House of Representatives member Honourable Abdulmumin Jibrin on Tuesday said the lower chamber had no moral right to criticise the operation carried out by the Department of State Services (DSS) over the weekend.
Jibrin also alleged that Speaker of the House, and other persons he accused of corruption in the budget padding saga made attempts to kidnap and assassinate him.
Writing a rejoinder to the DSS on his Facebook page, Jibrin accused the House of engaging in a “grand cover up” on the allegations of corruption he levelled against its leadership.
He wondered why the security agency was yet to take action on his previous letter.
The rejoinder read in part, “I therefore wish to remind you that 3 months after, things have remained the same. The accused persons have become emboldened, walk around freely, carried out actions to destroy evidence, made attempts to kidnap and assassinate me and corruption continue to strive in the House of Representatives.
“Last week I raised an alarm over a deep rooted systemic corruption where billions of naira directly stolen by the Leadership and Members of the House of Representatives in the name of running cost and demanded investigation and the Minister of Finance to stop payment of such money.
“I strongly believe that these chronic fraud and corruption in the House of Representatives is undoubtedly a threat to National Security and must be dealt with decisively without further delays. You will be failing in your duties and responsibilities as patriotic citizen and officials of the Department of State Services if you fail to take necessary action to bring this disgraceful and destructive situation to an end,” he said.
Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
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