Budget Padding: Former Speaker backs Dogara, as Jibrin meets police

– Former Speaker of House of Representatives now Sokoto state Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal has thrown his weight behind embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara

– Also, the senior special assistant to the President on National Assembly matters, Abdulrahman Kawu-Sumaila, is said to have thrown his weight behind Dogara.

Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state

Former Speaker of House of Representatives now Sokoto state Governor, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal is believed to have thrown his weight behind embattled Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara as he battles accusation of padding the 2016 budget.

Tambuwal who is the immediate ex-Speaker of the House remains one of the Speakers in Nigeria without any corruption scandal.

According to Punch, governor Tambuwal had had been mobilising some members of the House from the North-West to support the Speaker.

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“It is an open secret that the Speaker is Tambuwal’s man. The Sokoto State governor was instrumental in the emergence of Dogara as the Speaker in 2015. He has not abandoned the man. He is mobilising members of the House for Dogara,” a source was quoted.

While Tambuwal has reportedly succeeded convincing the North-West members of the House to support Dogara, he met a brick wall with South-West members who declined to support either the Speaker or the former chairman of the House committee on appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin.

The report said members from the South-West had not forgotten the role Tambuwal played in the emergence of Dogara as the Speaker in June 2015, dumping Femi Gbajabiamila, the preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress.

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“You will recall that the South-West members of the party were instrumental in the emergence of Tambuwal as the Speaker in 2011. In 2015, when it was the time to show gratitude, he abandoned the zone,” another source was quoted.

It was also reported that the senior special assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Mr. Abdulrahman Kawu-Sumaila, was also supporting Dogara.

Recall that Abdulmumin Jibrin had in a statement on Sunday alleged that two governors and three former members of the House were blocking him from meeting the President.

“The point is that you could see Kawu-Sumaila with Dogara in the video as the Speaker addressed State House correspondents soon after he emerged from the meeting with the President,” one of close aides of Jibrin was quoted.

Also, Mr Abdulmumin Jibrin yesterday, Monday August 8 met with the police special investigation panel on the budget padding crisis in the House.

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Jibrin reportedly submitted a large number of documents and other evidence to prove his allegations against the Speaker and the others he accused of padding the budget.

Jibrin also promised to bring more documents that will aide the investigation into the alleged insertions under constituency projects in the 2016 budget.

“Jibrin came with documents which he handed over to the SIP on Monday. It was obvious that he was well prepared to establish his allegations against the leadership of the House. He promised to bring more documents during the week,” a source was quoted.

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