.. National Assembly staff and security
operatives today sealed off the office of
sacked chairman of the House of
Representatives Committee on Appropriation,
Abdulmumin Jibrin, who was suspended for
180 sitting days and also barred him from
positions of authority in the House till the end
of the 8th assembly.


Jibrin was suspended following his refusal to
appear before the House of Representatives
Committee on Ethics and privileges to address
the allegations of budget padding he leveled
against the Speaker and 13 other lawmakers