Budget Padding: Jibrin may face arrest, as EFCC brings up money laundering charges
Notwithstanding claims by the former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, that he was invited to shed light on his petitions regarding alleged budget padding, details have emerged that he was on Thursday summoned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to answer questions bothering on allegations of money laundering and fraudulent diversion of contracts in his Bebeji/Kiru Federal Constituency of Kano State and other sundry petitions against him.
The Guardian yesterday gathered that the embattled lawmaker was on Thursday, August 10, 2016 actually grilled by the anti-graft agency and may soon be arraigned before a court over charges of fraud, corruption, diversion of public funds and money laundering, among others following several petitions against him.
It was learnt that the agency might have resurrected the money laundering case against Jibrin, which was dropped in 2012 in controversial circumstances.
The embattled lawmaker was arraigned along with former Nasarawa State governor, Aliyu Akwe Doma, over N15 billion money-laundering allegations.
Specifically, he was allegedly charged for laundering over N2 billion through his company, Green Forest Investment Limited, when Doma was governor.
A source said: “Jibrin, upon receiving signals that he may soon be charged to court by the EFCC, rushed to court on Thursday August 10, 2016 seeking injunction restraining the Police and other anti-graft agencies from arresting or charging him to court.”
This, it was learnt, is a bid to stop his impending arrest and prosecution by the authorities.
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One must be afraid for his life in Nigeria.
If a sudden Anti-Corruption Crusader can be afraid of the Nigerian Police then my TONGUE is TIED also.
Dogara move on with corruption.
Gbaja please move on.
Others who have made stealing a good business ,please enjoy your RIGHTS OF WAYS.
Hhmmmmmm! !!!!
The “CHANGE” they said has come is CRYING around the CORNER.
TO FACE ARREST SO AS TO STALL THE ISSUE OF PADDING – NIGERIA’S criminal justice system! You don’t act when you were required to – justice delayed; for that reason the persons get back (just the same thing happening to those corrupt politicians and public officers caught with loot-recoveries), into the system and due to age and maturity appear to be forthright in their new page, you go back and recall all his transgressions so that you can stop him from telling the truth! Na wa for 9ija, I said it earlier! Allah ka tamake mu agelin Nigeria su na chu chemu de’awa agalin mu!
What a nation Nigeria is? we are in trouble in this country why? Because we don’t who be thieves or lawenforcers or judges or lawmakers, or lawbreakers, everyone appear to be thief. And everyone is shouting thief,thief,ole,oleee where as those who are shouting thieves are also thieves. Dongora, jubrin, lasun,gbajabiamila,ekweremadu, saraki. There are all thieves, even efcc don’t know what is next in their agenda.
Hunter hunted.
The man is obviously rich. Rich by way of corruption. He should have lied low when he was removed as appropriation chair. But he wanted more by way of intimidation. Those skeletons in his cupboard are beginning to stink for everyone to smell now.
No one will go Scott free.
They are not corrupt. They are Buhari Saints.
It’s a shame. Nigeria is really fantastically corrupt. The so called EFCC have zoomed in to stop and close the budget paddling case because Jibril is the only whistle blower. To close his mouth EFCC have come up with his arrest and opening a closed case. The world is watching Nigeria to rotten. What a shame. EFCC shame on you. You are now used as a hunting dog.
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