The embattled former chairman of House Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has written a letter to members of the House of Representatives, reiterating his call for the resignation of Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Deputy Speaker Yusuf Lasun, Whip Alhassan Doguwa and Minority Leader Leo Ogor.
Mr. Jibrin said their resignation would pave way for a Speaker pro tempore as Speaker Dogara and the 3 others cannot be judge in their own case.
The 17-page letter, addressed to each member of the House and personally signed by Hon Jibrin, explained to his colleagues why he had to write them ahead of resumption and why he opted to engage the press as a last resort during the recess.
He went further to give his colleagues a comprehensive background of the crisis, details of the allegations and made recommendations on way forward.
Hon Jibrin insisted that Speaker Dogara and the 3 other Principal officers committed monumental fraud and abuse of their offices and public trust.
He cautioned his colleagues that anything short of asking the Speaker and others to resign, the House will become a laughing stock in the eyes of the public. He advised his colleagues to institute a comprehensive investigation in collaboration with the anti-graft agencies who have commenced investigation on the matter and embark on a wide-ranging internal reforms.
He called on his colleagues to be vigilant not to allow the Speaker and few others drag the House as an institution into an offense they committed.
He concluded that, if the House can not deal decisively with allegations of corruption within it and ensure that justice is served irrespective of who is involved, it would have lost the moral ground to deal with corruption outside the house which constitute an important part of its responsibility.
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