Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin has written to the 360 members of the House over the budget padding allegations just few days to its resumption.

Jibrin’s letter comes weeks after he appeared before the Presidential  Advisory Committee in Corruption headed by Prof. Itse Sagay.

Jibrin had accused Speaker Yakubu Dogara and three other principal officers of padding the 2016 budget.

In his letter, Jibrin pleaded with other members of the House of Representatives to join him to fight against Dogara and other indicted officers.

The 17-page letter also urged members to demand the resignation of Dogara as Speaker of the House.

“All the statements of Mr Speaker during the last few weeks have clearly proved my innocence. I have decided to find appropriate constitutional and legal means to get the Speaker and his co-travellers to account for the damage to my name and person and the trouble he has caused me and my family.”

“There are even more grounds for prosecution when such bill becomes an act. In the case of 2016 budget, Speaker Dogara, the 3 other Principal Officers used appropriation powers to commit fraud.

“The most patriotic thing we must all do is to insist that Speaker Dogara and the 3 other Principal Officers step down from their offices and hand them over to the anti-graft agencies for prosecution,” Jibrin said.

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