Leaders of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday met with the former chairman of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, at the party’s secretariat in Abuja, over the unfolding budget padding scandal in the house.
He later met behind closed doors with the party’s national deputy chairman, North, Lawal Shuaibu; national secretary, Mala Buni; and vice-chairman, North-West, Inuwa Abdulkadiri.
Speaking with Premium Times after the meeting, Shuaibu said the party was not in a position to pass judgement on the fraud allegation.
He denied that the party was planning to sanction Mr. Jibrin for his relentless media campaign against Mr. Dogara and others.
“There is nothing like passing any judgment on any member of the party,” Mr. Shuaibu said. “We only play our role as the umpire in this matter to see how we can create some atmosphere of peace and unity among our members.”
He continued, “I was reading today in your paper that we called him to discipline him; discipline him on what? Whatever happens in the House of Representatives or the Senate under the constitution and their rules, they are immune.
“But when certain things go, of course, the party needs to call its members to know how best to unite any feuding members and that is exactly what we did."
He said the party would continue to engage Messrs Dogara and Jibrin, suggesting a peace deal had not been brokered yet.
Source: Premium Times
He later met behind closed doors with the party’s national deputy chairman, North, Lawal Shuaibu; national secretary, Mala Buni; and vice-chairman, North-West, Inuwa Abdulkadiri.
Speaking with Premium Times after the meeting, Shuaibu said the party was not in a position to pass judgement on the fraud allegation.
He denied that the party was planning to sanction Mr. Jibrin for his relentless media campaign against Mr. Dogara and others.
“There is nothing like passing any judgment on any member of the party,” Mr. Shuaibu said. “We only play our role as the umpire in this matter to see how we can create some atmosphere of peace and unity among our members.”
He continued, “I was reading today in your paper that we called him to discipline him; discipline him on what? Whatever happens in the House of Representatives or the Senate under the constitution and their rules, they are immune.
“But when certain things go, of course, the party needs to call its members to know how best to unite any feuding members and that is exactly what we did."
He said the party would continue to engage Messrs Dogara and Jibrin, suggesting a peace deal had not been brokered yet.
Source: Premium Times
