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Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by olagbemi118(m): 8:50pm On Nov 11, 2016
Diaris God oooooo
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Smooyis(m): 8:52pm On Nov 11, 2016
I say yes
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Festy4u(m): 9:05pm On Nov 11, 2016
I'm truly sorry that you mistook the perceived fight against perceived enemies of this administration as fight against corruption! Mind you, Speaker Dogara ain't a perceive enemy and can never be witch hunt by this government.
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by seunlayi(m): 9:07pm On Nov 11, 2016
aminulive:
OPEN LETTER TO MR. PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA- MUHAMMADU BUHARI GCFC
ON BUDGET FRAUD AND CORRUPTION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Your Excellency sir, let me once again commend you for the good work you are executing and the credible leadership you have offered our nation since assumption of office about a year and half ago.

I write this letter to you as a last resort to seek action on the allegations of budget fraud, abuse of office and corruption I leveled against Speaker Yakubu Dogara and three other Principal Officers of the House of Representatives and use your good office to ensure that urgent reforms are implemented in the House to sanitize it from the monumental individual and systemic corruption that has become the biggest business in the House of Representatives.

Although I wrote you a letter few weeks ago, seeking audience to provide you with comprehensive briefing on the allegations i raised and endemic corruption in the House, iam yet to get a reply. However, I fully understand that your busy schedule might have caused the delay. Had I got that opportunity before I left the country, I am optimistic that you would have by now been in a clearer picture of how corrupt the Speaker, our number four citizen is and the three other Principal Officers, individual and systemic corruption in the House and my crusade to continue to expose corruption in the House, Nigeria as a whole and push for urgent reforms in the House.

I crave the indulgence of your excellency to pardon me for resorting to an open letter to draw your attention to this matter. The need to deal with the matter decisively and the urgency involved necessitated opting for this channel. Besides, I am aware of some powerful forces working behind the scene in cohort with some members of leadership of the House to ensure that I never get access to you and the matter never see the light of the day.

Your Excellency, i attained a modest educational and career height before joining the House. I come from a good home with a rich and diversed background. My middle class parents brought me up in a very descipline environment and instilled in me the virtures of hard work, honesty and courage. It is a training that taught me never to respect a corrupt person no matter how highly placed. I am a responsible young man with no passion for vengeance or mischief. I know exactly where I am coming from and where I am heading. I know exactly what Iam doing sir.

Sir, it is noteworthy to mention that in my 5 years in the House as a two term member and Chairman House Committee on Finance 2011-2015 and Chairman House Committee on Appropriation 2015-2016, I have never abused my office or corruptly enrich myself. My offense was standing against budget fraud, immunity for Principal Officers of the House and exposing corruption in a way that has never been done or seen in the history of the House of Representatives.

I am a product of the establishment but I have always been uncomfortable and have always looked for the right opportunity or trigger to rebel against the ills of the system through exposing fraudulent acts, corruption and abuse of office in high places for the good of Nigeria and Nigerians. My case whether people believe me or not is that of a young man who is frustrated with the deep-rooted system of corruption in high places. I have decided that enough is enough and I am ready to take on any corrupt person or institution especially the House of Representatives. Some people have raised issue that why did I wait until I left office before opening up. That assertion is not true as I have always spoken within and outside on issues like this since I joined the House in 2011. A simple research will confirm this.

Your Excellency, in the last few months I have raised grievous allegations of budget fraud, abuse of office and individual and systemic corruption against Speaker Yakubu Dogara and three other Principal Officers of the House. I followed it with a petition to the security and anti graft agencies including the DSS, EFCC, ICPC and the Police. I have had several interactions with these agencies and pledged my continuous cooperation and willingness to stand witness during prosecution.

I took it for granted that the House on resumption from recess will do the needful by asking the Speaker to step aside and conduct a comprehensive investigation in collaboration with the ongoing external investigation, but what my colleagues did remains a shock to the country and the world at large. They decided to punish me for exposing corruption, while celebrating the people I accused of corruption. The Speaker of course took advantage of the deep-rooted systemic corruption in the House to blackmail members to support him. I have been suspended from the House for a year and banned from holding any position for the rest of the 8th Assembly and I must apologise to the House before I am allowed back even after the expiration of the 1 year suspension.

Sir, this is an institution that is supposed to support you in fighting corruption. You have taken on corruption and corrupt people decisively, the crusade will be incomplete if corrupt elements are allowed to infest the Legislative arm especially the House of Representatives. You should by now know that you will never get the required support to fight corruption with Dogara as Speaker of the House and most importantly if reforms are not implemented in the House.

Your Excellency, let me use this opportunity to inform you that I have challenged my suspension in court because it is unconstitutional and the seat belongs to my constituents who are proud of my anti-corruption crusade in the House. My constituents have also filed a case in court to challenge the suspension. I have also stated clearly that I will never apologise to any member in the House or the House itself as I did not commit any offense and I will continue to stand by all the allegations I raised.

Sir, I should also bring to your notice that the Speaker is making frantic efforts to ensure that this matter is suppressed. They will do all they can, including blackmailing you to ensure that the matter is not investigated and culprits prosecuted. In your case, since they cannot find issues of corruption associated with you, they will resort to frustrating any request you forward to the House for approval with a view to arm twisting you or trying to weaken you in the eyes of the public and international community. This is how they operate. You should watch out and be vigilant.

On issue of reforms, your excellency may wish to use your good office to decisively get the House TO END THE FRAUDULENT ALLOWANCES REGIME and publish all entitlements of members, stop budget fraud, disclose internal budget of the House, open up finances of the House for external audit, implement e-parliament, activate electronic voting and attendance system, introduce individual member's and standing committees' performance template, revert to old house rules to avoid contempt of court and draconian powers Speaker Dogara accorded himself, drop immunity for Principal Officers, pass the anti corruption bills sent about a year ago by your good self, make Speaker Dogara and others refund hundred of millions collected for rents, return 40 billion stolen from 100 billion zonal intervention funds, return projects diverted to his farm and other fraudulent projects worth billions, compel Speaker Dogara and other occused Principal Officers to step down for prosecution and make the House apologise to Nigerians for the individual and systemic fraud and corruption and gross abuse of office that has become the hallmark of the House over the years.

Your Excellency, the House of Representatives stinks of corruption and something urgent must be done to salvage the situation. I pray that you direct the various agencies that I submitted petitions to expedite action on the matter as Nigerians and the world are watching to see how we will deal with this issue of incontrovertible corruption by Speaker Dogara and others and systemic corruption in the House. We have a golden opportunity to show the world that there is zero tolerance for corruption under your leadership. Even more, is the willingness of a serving member in my person who understands these issues and who has offered to stand as witness and provide every support towards prosecution. There is no better way of demonstrating our commitment to the fight against corruption than to use Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Deputy Speaker Lasun, Whip Doguwa and Minority Leader Ogor as example.

I strongly believe that if the security and anti-graft agencies expedite action on the allegations and the recommended reforms are implemented, it will go a long way in resolving the crisis and provide the ventilation for the House to commence the process of self-cleansing to repair its battered image and restore the trust of Nigerians in the House. It is a reform that Speaker Dogara has completely lost the moral ground to superintend.

Your Excellency, let me draw your attention to a major constraint which has always been the threat to my life since the beginning of the budget fraud saga. I have raised alarm severally that the House cabal led by Speaker Yakubu Dogara are using Hon. Herma Hembe to either assassinate or kidnap me or members of my family. Hon. Hembe has been stalking me. I have been worried and written to the security agencies but none of these people have been questioned. In fact at some point, they tried to use some elements in one of the security agencies to abduct me. All these were reported by my lawyers.

It is against this background that I took the decision to stay away from the country until my safety is guaranteed. However, I will be available once my attention is required in respect of my petition against the Speaker and others or any petition that may come against me. I am therefore pleading with you sir to look at this issue with your usual dispassionate approach. For whatever my limitations are as a person, how I am treated will determine if in future people especially those within a system can defy personal risk and speak out against corruption.

I pray that God Almighty continue to bless you with long life, good health and more wisdom as you steer the ship of our great country.

Thank you.

http://politicsngr.com/abdulmumin-jibrin-writes-open-letter-buhari/

A genuine citizen is talking
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by deolu2000(m): 9:08pm On Nov 11, 2016
For everything it is worth, there must be some element of truth in this man's allegations but how come nobody is looking into all he is saying and alleging all this while? I just hate the way we sweep issues under the carpet in this part of the world. EFCC; DSS, ICPC and ofcourse the IGP, they are just taking a blinding eye on this issue. So gutted and disappointed in the so called anti graft campaign alogether.
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by kennynelcon(m): 9:08pm On Nov 11, 2016
Oga but his Hands are tied...Enjoy the Autumn or winter
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Fuadeiza(m): 9:14pm On Nov 11, 2016
arabianights:
i read it well. you shld also read in between the lines.so the right time was when he was asked to step dwn as chairman appropriation,right.jibrin has always being dirty right from last assembly.He Had It Coming.This Boy Has Always Being A Backstabbing,classless,greedy ,immatured And Corrupt Boy Even Right From His Uni Days.EFCC IS WAITING FOR HIM TO EXTRADITE HIM IS NOTHING TO THEM

i'm not saying hes corrupt free, all i'm saying is as at this moment hes ready to work with the corruption fighters to get some other corrupt members, this should be welcomed

eventually, during their investigation , his bad deeds too would be exposed with evidence and soo everyone of them would lose out.
instead of the EFCC just probing him alone

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Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by arabianights: 9:23pm On Nov 11, 2016
Fuadeiza:


i'm not saying hes corrupt free, all i'm saying is as at this moment hes ready to work with the corruption fighters to get some other corrupt members, this should be welcomed

eventually, during their investigation , his bad deeds too would be exposed with evidence and soo everyone of them would lose out.
instead of the EFCC just probing him alone
EFCC ALREADY HAS RECORDS AND DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE ON JIBRIN IN WHICH HE IS FULLY AWARE OF.HOW EVER,AM GREATLY DISAPPOINTED AS TO HW PMB IS HANDLING THIS.HOW CAN NO 3 AND 4 OF A COUNTRY BE ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION AND WITH EVIDENCE AND HE ISNT SAYING ANYTHING?THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL DISGRACE AND THRWS DOUBTS AS TO HIS FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION.LET HIM NOT THINK OF 2019
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Rilwayne001: 9:28pm On Nov 11, 2016
arabianights:
EFCC ALREADY HAS RECORDS AND DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE ON JIBRIN IN WHICH HE IS FULLY AWARE OF.HOW EVER,AM GREATLY DISAPPOINTED AS TO HW PMB IS HANDLING THIS.HOW CAN NO 3 AND 4 OF A COUNTRY BE ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION AND WITH EVIDENCE AND HE ISNT SAYING ANYTHING?THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL DISGRACE AND THRWS DOUBTS AS TO HIS FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION. LET HIM NOT THINK OF 2019

He's definitely not. He knows for sure that his popularity is fast dwindling than expected.
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by ken4jj(m): 9:35pm On Nov 11, 2016
Corruption will not end in this country because the people fighting corruption are not fighting it with sincerity. If Dogara were to be an enemy of PMB, in fact, DSS will have used him for "stew" by now. But since he is in the good books of our dear president, whatever accusation against him is dead on arrival.
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Fuadeiza(m): 9:36pm On Nov 11, 2016
arabianights:
EFCC ALREADY HAS RECORDS AND DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE ON JIBRIN IN WHICH HE IS FULLY AWARE OF.HOW EVER,AM GREATLY DISAPPOINTED AS TO HW PMB IS HANDLING THIS.HOW CAN NO 3 AND 4 OF A COUNTRY BE ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION AND WITH EVIDENCE AND HE ISNT SAYING ANYTHING?THIS IS AN INTERNATIONAL DISGRACE AND THRWS DOUBTS AS TO HIS FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION.LET HIM NOT THINK OF 2019

i grab..




i don't think he (PMB) saying anything would have any effect since the mata is already in court,
and to my knowledge he cannot impeach them, i think only the senates at the national assembly can.
thou i also dont think hes fighting the corruption sincerely, coz its nt even possible sef, coz the pple that got him there too are corrupt and its politics he has to atleast do wat they want sumtyms
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by President99: 9:46pm On Nov 11, 2016
Mr Jibrin my broda, hw r u doing? guess splendid!
They say wonder shall never end. Hw so soon! have u forgotten what u told us on Channels tv after the budget was passes by ur committe, Joint committee(Senate n Reps) and the Nass in general ? that Executives only submit estimates but NASS does the budget and there is nothing like padding in the budget as alleged by public then. However, immediately u were disgraced out of office by ur friend in organised crime(corporate crime) u startied singing a diff song. Do u think all Nigerian r sufferring Amnesia or gullible? Stop playing on our IQ gentle man

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Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by arabianights: 9:47pm On Nov 11, 2016
Fuadeiza:


i grab..




i don't think he (PMB) saying anything would have any effect since the mata is already in court,
and to my knowledge he cannot impeach them, i think only the senates at the national assembly can.
thou i also dont think hes fighting the corruption sincerely, coz its nt even possible sef, coz the pple that got him there too are corrupt and its politics he has to atleast do wat they want sumtyms
I UNDERSTAND BUT UNDERSTAND THAT AS THE PRESIDENT,HE IS EXPECTED TO VERBALLY ADDRESS AS WELL AS CONDEMN.THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY IN STRENGHTING CIVIL SOCIETIES AND GOVT AGENCIES IN THEIR ACTIONS.MORE PRESSURE WOULD BE MOUNTED AND TRUST ME,DOGARA WLD HAVE HUMBLY RESIGNED ON"HEALTH"GROUNDS.CAN U THINK OF ANY COUNTRY WITH SUCH ALLEGATNS ON TOP OFFICIALS AND THE NO.1 CITIZEN KEPT QUIET?NONE! HIS SILENCE IS SENDING WRONG SIGNALS.

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Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Fuadeiza(m): 9:57pm On Nov 11, 2016
arabianights:
I UNDERSTAND BUT UNDERSTAND THAT AS THE PRESIDENT,HE IS EXPECTED TO VERBALLY ADDRESS AS WELL AS CONDEMN.THIS WILL GO A LONG WAY IN STRENGHTING CIVIL SOCIETIES AND GOVT AGENCIES IN THEIR ACTIONS.MORE PRESSURE WOULD BE MOUNTED AND TRUST ME,DOGARA WLD HAVE HUMBLY RESIGNED ON"HEALTH"GROUNDS.CAN U THINK OF ANY COUNTRY WITH SUCH ALLEGATNS ON TOP OFFICIALS AND THE NO.1 CITIZEN KEPT QUIET?NONE! HIS SILENCE IS SENDING WRONG SIGNALS.
ok i get.
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by OlaSpeaker(m): 10:00pm On Nov 11, 2016
Seriously i pity this man it takes a courageous heart to say all this if u like insult him hate him whether you believe him or not just as he said his allegations are worth investigating.
To those who never believe Jibrin come to think of it will he just lay allegations knowing his life and job will be on the line??
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by mrsfavour(f): 10:34pm On Nov 11, 2016
Has Buhari not heard about this issue up till now? Fighting corruption and corruption is brought to ur table , u do eyes right . If its FFK now they will grab him while budget padding is upto 240 billion. O di egwu.
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by mrsfavour(f): 10:36pm On Nov 11, 2016
OlaSpeaker:
Seriously i pity this man it takes a courageous heart to say all this if u like insult him hate him whether you believe him or not just as he said his allegations are worth investigating.
To those who never believe Jibrin come to think of it will he just lay allegations knowing his life and job will be on the line??
I just wonder why nothing has been done and Dogara is still so free .
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Rekyz(m): 10:45pm On Nov 11, 2016
Nigeria is sick! I just can't phatom how these idiots walk about freely. I pray that useless speaker and his likes get the judgement they so deserve.
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by acevic: 10:53pm On Nov 11, 2016
If the Presidency would not take jibrin seriously after this open letter then, this anti corruption crusade is incomplete. It will send a bad signal to people that exposing corruption is not appreciated and instead of exposing the corrupt figures, it's better to join them.
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by babatundepeter20: 11:10pm On Nov 11, 2016
LaClickLaBend:
what sort of Government do we have anyway?... A government that says it's Mantra is 'Fighting corruption' but have chosen to ignore this mans allegations against the house!. The necessary security agencies should look into this allegations now. Haba!



Cos he no chop out of the money
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Paperwhite(m): 11:12pm On Nov 11, 2016
RIP corrupt probe & fight.Buhari have betrayed you.
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Paperwhite(m): 11:15pm On Nov 11, 2016
Rekyz:
Nigeria is sick! I just can't phatom how these idiots walk about freely. I pray that useless speaker and his likes get the judgement they so deserve.
Amen bro."Any evil done by man to a fellow man will be rewarded.If not by man now,it will be by God someday".

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Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Bimpe29: 11:48pm On Nov 11, 2016
Politics is a dirty game so also the players. It is all about selfish lipsrsealed and personal interest. Jibrin fell out of favour, chief reason why he has been barking and ranting. Birds of the same feather.
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Hardeydamola(m): 3:13am On Nov 12, 2016
Now saint Jibrin is fighting to make common sense. You better take the bigger pill these Cabal big pass what you can bring down.
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Spidermon: 4:48am On Nov 12, 2016
Buhari isn't different from the other crooks in government, he is just well coded.

Jibrin or whatever the fhuck your name is, release all the evidence u have on the pages of print and online social media and let us judge.

Till then....
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by kassy777: 6:04am On Nov 12, 2016
arabianights:
This Shameless Man Is Dumber Than I Imagined.Yes Dogara And Co Have Evidence Of Corruption Against Them But How Dare He Claim He Is Clean?Does He Assume Pmb Doesnt Have Records Of Him Also?He Better Come Back And Face The Music.
How I wished Dogora is from the same family of GEJ? This world and Nigeria indeed is the worst place to live in, not because of only evil people but because of those who see and do nothing. I cry loud for this country this morning.
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by kassy777: 6:20am On Nov 12, 2016
seXytOhbAd:
Dear Mr. Jibrin,
You sound like the little boy who cried wolf. The fact that you are complaining AFTER you were removed as chairman of the appropriation committee only proves how silly you are. If you were rewarded with maybe the downstream sector, maybe you might have not even come out to complain.
On a serious note, I hope this man is impeached. Not because I support stealing, but because he has lost all credibility in my opinion. Q
I wake up this morning feeling to cry aloud for this country. I am a well to do pensioner, still very strong, regularly received my pension sometime 22nd 23rd etc of every month with very big farmlands, all my children graduated including grandchilden but I just like to cry aloud for God's intervention because this country has become the worst place to live in, not because of many evil men like you, Buhari and other but because of those who see and do nothing.
If Jubrin decided to turn round at any given point and say I am tired and tell and even shout out, to the world that the House of rep. is deadly corrupt, even if he was involved to stop or prevent it from going on, it is not bad.
How I wished Buhari is normal enough........ I cry for this country again.
how I wished Dogora is from the family of GEJ, a core south south man, a pdp man, ok lets us even say Jubrin is from the N/delta
If you read this post, please pray aloud to God because this country is going down the high sea.
Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by excel101(m): 6:31am On Nov 12, 2016
arabianights:
This Shameless Man Is Dumber Than I Imagined.Yes Dogara And Co Have Evidence Of Corruption Against Them But How Dare He Claim He Is Clean?Does He Assume Pmb Doesnt Have Records Of Him Also?He Better Come Back And Face The Music.
Funny enough we're in a society where almost everyone believes that every other person is corrupt. We need a total change of mindset. I expect you to look @ the issue he raised and not him as an individual.

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Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Paragon001(m): 7:22am On Nov 12, 2016
seXytOhbAd:
Dear Mr. Jibrin,
You sound like the little boy who cried wolf. The fact that you are complaining AFTER you were removed as chairman of the appropriation committee only proves how silly you are. If you were rewarded with maybe the downstream sector, maybe you might have not even come out to complain.
On a serious note, I hope this man is impeached. Not because I support stealing, but because he has lost all credibility in my opinion. Q
Permit me to continue from where u stopped in ur write-up sir. If this man had not been the 1st person to use strong words on the presidency the very 1st time dis same budget was returned to the House of Reps because of alleged padding, i would av had no reason to doubt his credibility. I can remembr watching dis guy talk on Channels TV on "Sunrise Daily" dat period and i was shocked on hearing d harsh words he used.
If i were him, i would EXPRESSLY apologise to Mr. President for my foolish behaviour and statements of the past b4 foolishly requesting for his audience. D same man u made Nigerians believed was not in control has suddenly become ur "strong tower".My guy, OYO is ur portion!
Anyway, back to d msg. If there is anybody this 8th Assembly has disappointed, i'm the one. It's more unfortunate dat the Civil Society Groups and d media have done nothing that make these Principal Officers have a rethink. I just hope the anti-graft agencies wouldn't be cowed to turn blind eye on this issue. Both the Principal Officers and Abdulmumin shuld be investigated.

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Re: Jibrin Wirtes Open Letter To Buhari by Stanbeto: 7:43am On Nov 12, 2016
Jibrin go make peace with your People

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