Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has
threatened to sue sacked chairman of the House Committee on
Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, for indicting him in the controversial
budget padding scandal. In a statement he released, Doguwa said he will
be suing Jibrin for slander. His statement reads in part;
“With this clear violation of our extant internal code of legislative
conduct, which must attract legislative sanctions against Honourable
Jibrin, Nigerians should know that all sorts of statements and
pronouncements made by Honourable Jibrin were mere sham and
misrepresentations of facts. He has lost out his campaign of calumny
against the House. He has also lost out with the executive arm of
government and our great party, the All progressives congress (APC).
Having realised that he is already consumed, he is now resorting to
court options, which I believe, he would lose out as well. Our respected
judiciary would never fall victim of his misrepresentations. I finally
want to categorically state that whichever steps the House may take on
Honourable Jibrin on resumption in September, I Honourable Alhassan Ado
Doguwa, would in my personal capacity, definitely charge Honourable
Jibrin to court for slander. He has maligned and defamed my hard-earned
reputation and integrity. No matter what the House decides on Jibrin, I
will never step on my responsibility to protect my good name and seek
redress through our conventional courts”, the statement read
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