Abdulmumuni Jibrin face EFCC Probe Panel

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigations into allegations of budget padding as former House of Representatives appropriations committee chairman, Hon Abdulmumuni Jibrin faced an EFCC probe panel on Tuesday.

Following his removal as appropriations committee chairman, the Kano born legislator Jibrin had accused Speaker Dogara, Deputy Speaker Yusuff Lasun, Chief Whip Alhassan Ado Doguwa, Minority Leader Leo Ogor and nine others of padding the budget with N284 billion.

An EFCC source said: “We engaged Jibrin between 1pm and 5pm on the allegations in the petition he filed before this commission including those already in the public domain and the new ones presented to us.”

The EFCC probe is to be extended to the entirety of the national assembly as well as the budget ministry. It was learnt that the agency has written a letter to the national assembly clerk, Mr Mohammed Sani Omolori, and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and National Planning over the budget padding scandal.