Ex chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has submitted a petition to the chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and allied matters Commission, ICPC over the budget padding scandal.
He called for the investigation of the speaker and three other principal officers for alleged illegal padding of the 2016 budget.
Abdulmumin was accompanied by about seven lawyers when he met with the chairman of the ICPC.
He told reporters after submitting the petition: “I am here to submit a formal petition and give further clarification and insight on the allegation of corruption, abuse of trust of office by Mr Speaker, Yakubu Dogara; his deputy, Yusuf Lasun; the Whip of the House, Alhassan Dogwa; Minority Leader of the House, Leo Ogor, and nine other members of the House who are also chairmen of different committees.
“We have submitted the petition, the chairman of the commission received us in person. We exchanged a couple of ideas on how to move forward.
“I hope to see a very quick commencement of investigations so that these corrupt set of Nigerians can be prosecuted in earnest and if found guilty, sent to jail immediately so that it will send a very powerful signal of the anti-corruption fight of this government.”