Agents of Nigeria’s secret police, State Security
Service, on Saturday sealed the secretariat of the
House Committee on Appropriation, PREMIUM
TIMES learnt.
The closure marked the latest development in the
ongoing political and media war between the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu
Dogara, and a lawmaker from Kano State,
Abdulmumin Jibrin, over alleged manipulation of
line items and figures in the 2016 Appropriation
Bill.
Mr. Jibrin began working to oust Mr. Dogara from
office a day after the Speaker announced his
removal as chairman of Appropriation Committee
on allegations that he committed serial betrayal of
trust.
PREMIUM TIMES sources said SSS officials
stormed the secretariat, which serves as offices
for the 40-member appropriation committee and
its staff, and immediately placed it under lock and
key.
The sources said the SSS also sealed Mr. Jibrin’s
office at Room 1.05 in the New House of
Representatives building.
The development followed Mr. Jibrin’s statement
on Thursday that Mr. Dogara ordered removal of
workstation from the Appropriation Committee
Secretariat and allegedly attempted to break into
his office.
Mr. Jibrin had reportedly visited the SSS
Headquarters on Friday to brief the agency about
the budget padding scandal rocking the House.
He also called on EFCC and ICPC to commence
investigation into the crisis with a view to
prosecuting those involved.
Efforts to reach the spokesperson of the House of
Representatives, Abdulrazak Namdas, were
unsuccessful as his phone was switched off.
Speaker Dogara’s spokesperson, Turaki Hassan,
disconnected a phone call upon hearing it was a
PREMIUM TIMES’ enquiry.

iflywithbuhari:
Dogara has won. As Obasanjo said " You Have To Spend More Money To Dislodge Saraki". Read between the lines.