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Kano lawmaker, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Saturday called on
anti-corruption agencies in the country to probe widespread acts of
money laundering in the House of Representatives, saying the pattern has
become entrenched in the lower chamber.
Mr. Jibrin said there was no better time for the authorities to revive pending money laundering cases than now.
“The money laundering issue has become a pattern over the years in
the House,” Mr. Jibrin said “It is time
for the anticorruption agencies to move in decisively!”
An investigative report by PremiumTimes in December 2015 had indicated that between 2009 and 2015, the management arm of the federal
legislature led by the Clerk, Salisu Maikasuwa, his predecessor, Yemi
Ogunyomi, and their representatives, extensively violated the Money
Laundering Act (2004, 2011) in banking transactions leading to the
withdrawals of about N42 billion of public funds.
Mr. Jibrin, who has been in open war of words with the leadership of
the House since he was removed as chairman of the House Committee on
Appropriation last month, also said Speaker Yakubu Dogara was
responsible for the allegations of corruption being reported about him
in the media.
Some reports on Saturday suggested that Mr. Jibrin was trying to
restrain security agencies from prosecuting him for his alleged corrupt
practices.
But Mr. Jibrin in his statement said Nigerians should dismissed the
report because they were being sponsored by Mr. Dogara and others who
might not be comfortable with his campaign against corruption.
“Speaker Dogara and his internal and external corrupt group have
embarked on a very expensive media campaign to damage my reputation, I
urge them to rather prepare for their imminent prosecution.
“No amount of media propaganda, blackmail or intimidation can stop
me. They are very bitter because I have turned down a “family
resolution” to the crisis,” Mr. Jibrin said.
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