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Former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has insisted that the Speaker, M r Yakubu Dogara , must resign to allow for independent investigation into alleged budget infractions. Dogara and Jibrin Jibrin told newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja that some members of the lower chamber were already plotting to impeach Dogara. Jibrin alleged that the speaker had on Monday begged members of the North-East caucus in the House for forgiveness over his role in the alleged padding of the 2016 budget. He, however, said that the request was rejected. Jibrin explained that Dogara’s request that the matter should be investigated internally is not tenable as the rule of the House stated otherwise. He said, “When a grievous allegation of this nature is raised, there is a laid down rule to investigate such issue and it should not be investigated internally. “The speaker should step down for proper investigation. Nobody is hunting him, but he shoul...

The All Progressives Congress said it would not sanction House of Representatives Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara, or Rep. Abdulmumuni Jibrin over allegations of budget padding in the lower chamber. Deputy National Chairman of the party, Mr Lawal Shuaibu, said this while briefing newsmen at the National Secretariat of the party on Thursday in Abuja. Quoting Article 7, sub-section 5 of APC Constitution, Shuaibu said that the party had the power to do certain things but that whatever was going to be done would not be revealed to the public. He said, “what is padding? The party does not sanction anybody on that. “What concerns us is where any member contravenes the party’s Constitution by his conduct. That is why I refer you to Article 7 sub-section 5 of our party constitution. “We are not a law enforcement organisation; we don’t enforce laws. We only ensure that the Constitution is complied with. “Any member of the party is answerable to the party and answerable to its Constituti...