Another top House of Reps member lands in trouble

– Not tired of the current scandals rocking the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin has continued to make more revelations

– Jibrin, who was chairman of the appropriation committee of the House, has taken on his colleague, Jagaba Adams Jagaba

– He alleges the Jagaba is part of the corrupt elements in the House and further revealed the role he played in the sting operation between Farouk Lawan and Femi Otedola

Abdulmumin Jibrin, the legislator whose revelation is tearing the House of Representatives apart, has again accused one of his colleagues of cornering $500,000 being the evidence of another corrupt act.

Jibrin said Jagaba Adams Jagaba was allegedly given the amount which was reportedly received by Farouk Lawan in the sting operation between him and businessman Femi Otedola.

He said the money disappeared.

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Jibrin was responding to a statement by Jagaba who was also reacting to the fact that he was indicted in a petition filed against Speaker Yakubu Dogara and some other members of the House.

The petitions were submitted to the various anti-graft agencies as well as the Department of State Service (DSS) by Jibrin, a former chairman of the appropriation committee of the House, who accused Dogara and some others of padding the 2016 budget.

Just back from an invitation by the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jibrin took to Twitter to reply Jagaba.

According to him, Jagaba was scared because he does not know the content of the petition in which he was indicted or the level of indictment against him.

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He asked Jagaba to simply prepare for jail.

Read the tweets:

My attention has also been drawn to a statement credited to the very corrupt, incompetent and bigot Hon Jagaba Adams Jagaba

— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 2, 2016

/where rather than respond to allegations against him or wait for his imminent invitation and arrest from the anti corruption agencies/

— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 2, 2016

/he resorted to a rehearsal of their usual lines of lies to blackmail and tarnish my image. I therefore wish to state as follows

— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 2, 2016

That Hon Jagaba Adams is obviously panicking even before seeing the allegations I made on him (allegation against him is not what he thinks)

— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 2, 2016

/because he will now face the same anti graft agencies like EFCC that he terrorized in the past for corrupt and selfish reasons

— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 2, 2016

The same Jagaba Adams who as chair financial crime was said to have been handed the $500,000 allegedly received by Faruk from Mr Otedola.

— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 2, 2016

/The money has since disappeared! A dishonorable member, a shame to the institution and one of such members that President Obasanjo/

— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 2, 2016

is referring to when he says there are rogues and thieves in the House who came to abuja on “molue”

— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 2, 2016

I advice Hon Jagaba Adams rather than waste his time in a fruitless effort to discredit me,he should start preparing for a long life in jail

— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 2, 2016

Jagaba had told journalists on Tuesday, August 2, 2016 that Jibrin is not a saint as he lives in a posh personal apartment at the highbrow Maitama District of Abuja.

“Ordinarily, I would have ignored the said publication, but I am compelled to respond for posterity sake.

“Without sounding immodest, my anti-corruption crusade dates back to my first term between 1999 and 2003, when I exposed the plot of the Presidency which attempted to bribe honourable members for the purposes of effecting a leadership change in the House of Representatives.

“As chairman, House committee on anti-corruption then, I exhibited the money meant for that plot on the floor of the House at plenary.

“Again, in 2012, during the scandal that was referred to as ‘FAROUKGATE’, my name was mentioned. However, after thorough investigation by the police and other relevant agencies, I was exonerated and given a clean bill of health,” Jagaba said.

A day after he left as the chairman of the House of Representatives committee on appropriation, Jibrin made some startling revelations about Dogara and other principal officers of the House accusing them of padding the budget.

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