Budget padding: Jibrin flees Nigeria, says his life in danger

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Budget padding: Jibrin flees Nigeria, says his life in danger

Suspended former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has left the country and vowed never to return to Nigeria unless his safety can be guaranteed.

He made his decision public in an interview aired on the London based Ben TV, on Monday.

Jibrin explained that his decision to flee the country was based on threats from some of his colleagues whom he accused of budget fraud.


The lawmaker also said the initial silence of the President on the matter was a blessing in disguise because if the President had spoken much earlier he would have been accused of using him to fight the House Leadership.

Jibrin said, “The situation currently at hand is different from the initial stage of the crisis. The silence of the presidency is no longer sending the right message to Nigerians and the international community.”

He said that he recently wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari, seeking audience to brief him about monumental fraud in the 2016 budget, individual and systemic corruption in the House and some vital information on how to check corruption in the House and further fraud in budget process and reform the House for the good of our country.

“Over 2,000 fraudulent projects worth over N284 billion were inserted into 2016 budget,” Jibrin insisted.


He said he did nothing wrong and had never abused his office or corruptly enriched himself in five years as a Reps member.

Jibrin vowed to take his campaign to international stage by reaching out to foreign governments, parliaments, media, civil society groups and Nigerians in Diaspora, to press for the arrest and prosecution of Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Lasun, Doguwa, Ogor and other members of the corrupt cabal in the House of Representatives.