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| Yakubu Dogara |
ACTING Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris has raised
a five-man special team led by Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Amodu Ali to probe the alleged padding of the budget by
House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara and some of his principal
officers.
The Special Investigative Panel (SIP) yesterday at its preliminary session invited Dogara, his deputy Yusuff Lasun, Chief
Whip Alhassan Ado Doguwa and Minority Leader Leo Ogor to
appear before it on Friday.
The panel also met with ousted chairman of House Committee on
Appropriations Abdulmumin Jibrin who made the allegations of padding the budget
with N284 billion...
Jibrin had on Monday petitioned
the police, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other
anti-corruption agencies over the matter stating that the Dogara and the other
named principal members of the House of Representatives masterminded the felonious
padding of the nation’s budget which led to delays in the passing of the budget.
A source at the Force headquarters,
who spoke anonymously, confirmed that the acting IGP has directed the SIP to
conduct a comprehensive investigation into Jibrin’s petition.
“We have commenced full
investigation into the N284billion budget padding in the House of
Representatives based on a petition from Hon. Jibrin.
”A Special Investigative Panel
(SIP), with a crack detective, AIG Amodu Ali as the chairman, is the one
saddled with the responsibility of looking into the allegations in the
petition. The same Ali uncovered the lid on the $620,000 bribery scam in the
House for which a former Chairman of the House Committee on Fuel Subsidy
Management, Mallam Farouk Lawan, and the Clerk of the committee, Mr. Boniface
Emenalo were indicted.
