Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation Abdulmumin Jibrin,took to his twitter handle to share with his followers the details of the letter he sent to the leadership of their party APC. He stated clearly in the letter why he thinks that the speaker of the House of Representatives be expluded from the party.
BREAKING NEWS: I wrote a letter to Chairman of our Party APC on the crisis with new revelations. Read tweets 1-207 for details
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
3-Mr Chairman, Iam obliged to write you this letter for four very important reasons;
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
7-To provide urgent recommendation on the way forward before this crisis cause irreparable damage to our great party
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
8-APOLOGY TO THE APC: Mr Chairman, you will recall the crisis during&after the election of Speaker Yakubu Dogara,Deputy Speaker Yusuf Lasun
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
10-I recollect with deep regret&pains &can still hear echo of your voice in the make or mar meeting at the ICC shouting “sit down Jibrin,
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
11-sit down Jibrin, Jibrin sit down” ” you dare not walk out of this hall Jibrin”! Sen Lawali S watched helplessly with the box of ballots
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
13-You saw what I didn’t see.of the saying that ” what an old man can see, a young man cannot even if he climbs a tree” The rest is history.
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
14-The role I played to the best of my conscience at then sir was patriotic. I analysed and felt Speaker Dogara has a better temperament
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
22-He operates alone, keep weird relationships with top politicians. His God father is Sen Iyola Omisore
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
23-Speaker Dogara is of the habit of taking standing Committee Chairmen to swear Oath of allegiance before Omisore
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
24-During the build up to the appointment of committee Chairmen, I had a terrible disagreement with him. I stayed far away from him
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
25-I was in london when he insisted he wants to see me. He came to my hotel room and we talked for hours.
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
27-He was more interested in telling me about the forces who didn’t want me to be appointed Chairman appropriation as if I cared
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
28-He mentioned Former Speaker and present Governor of Sokoto state Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as one. That is how narrow minded Dogara can be.
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
29-I always maintained to him that being Chairman appropriation is not in any way a favour to me. I dashed him money, he thanked me and left
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
30-The following day, he pleaded to me to join him at a house in london. I went and I saw him seated very comfortably with Sen Omisore
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
31-It was there he said he was going to appoint me Chairman appropriation and I should be reporting to Omisore! I was completely shocked
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
32-A nice lunch was served, we eat&We left. there are CCTV in london. I confided in a highly placed person who I wouldn’t want to mention
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
34-Mr Speaker towards me. It was much later that I realized that Sen Omisore had adopted Speaker Dogara as a god son since their days as
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
36-I know that it may not be proper to mention here, he does not wish the APC well, he is a cheap pretender, he is not loyal to the party
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
37-and he will provide a solid platform for a massive attack against our party in the nearer future. I know what Iam talking about.
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016
38-In a nutshell, it will be dangerous and potentially disastrous for the party to keep Speaker Yakubu Dogara on that seat
— Abdulmumin Jibrin (@AbdulAbmJ) August 15, 2016