Dogara Bribed Aprropriation Committee Members With $20,000 To Tell Lies

The former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, yesterday accused the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, of bribing members of the committee with $20,000 to blackmail him.

He claimed, in his latest allegation, that the money was shared on Thursday at Dogara’s residence by the deputy chief of staff to the Speaker, C.I.D. Maduabum.

Jibrin said members of the committee “shamelessly collected $20,000 each distributed to them yesterday at the Speakers residence by his Deputy Chief of staff, Hon CID Maduabum.”

Denying the allegation, in a statement last night, Maduabum said: “I wish to state that I did not at any time meet or hand over any money of any sort to any member of the House Appropriations Committee.

“This accusation is not only a lie but pure fiction, a figment of his imagination, which can only come from a man whose soul is deeply corrupted.

“It is really shocking that this kind of despicable character could slip through the political process and become an Honourable member of the House of Representatives, a highly respected institution.

“This has confirmed that Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin is a serial blackmailer, a man with the basest of motives, whose sanity has become questionable.”

“For the avoidance of doubt, the Hon Speaker, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara did not give me any money to distribute to any member of the House or indeed any member of the Appropriations Committee,” he added.