Emerging reports indicate that the All Progressives Congress, APC, has on Monday evening, summoned Abdulmumuni Jibrin, a former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation and member of the party, to appear before a Disciplinary Committee, on Tuesday, August 2, at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja.
In the letter, dated August 1, 2016, and signed by the party’s Deputy National Chairman, Northern Zone, Lawal Shuaibu, the APC cautioned Jibrin, over his media campaign against the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, and other principal officers over allegation of budget padding.
“To say the least, it is absolutely unacceptable to resort to media war, as a means of settling scores, without recourse to and/or exhausting the party’s internal dispute resolution mechanism,” the party said.
Post-Nigeria, learnt that Dogara might not be tendering his resignation letter in the coming days, due to the interference of the party to resolve the issues amicably.
Recall, that Jibrin was removed as Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, in controversial circumstances on July 20, on allegations of betrayal of trust.
Jibrin’s media campaign, has seen him release details of how the passage of the 2016 budget was handled by Lawmakers, in a way that portrayed them as fraudulent.
On Monday afternoon, Jibrin posted on his Twitter page, that he had visited the various anti-graft agencies and police headquarters, to personally submit petitions against Dogara and his colleagues.
In the APC’s letter to Jibrin, the party said that the Kano Lawmaker’s action underscored a blatant disregard for party supremacy and its existing dispute resolution mechanism, adding that it would work to ensure that it instilled discipline on all members.
“As a disciplined party, the constitution of our party has made adequate provisions on ways of resolving any issue among our members.“It behoves on the party to take all necessary steps, in order to ensure that no member of the family brings dishonour to the party.“You are therefore, by this invitation, expected to appear before the undersigned, at the APC National Secretariat, on Tuesday, 2nd August, 2016, at 2 p.m.
Kindly note that failure to and/or refusal to honour this invitation, will amount to a decision you have made not to submit to the party”, the letter stated.
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