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| Abdulmumuni Jibrin |
Former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumuni Jibrin, was at the State House, Abuja, Thursday, where he met with President Muhammadu Buhari.
Addressing State House Correspondents after the closed door meeting, the lawmaker who represented Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State before his suspension, said his visit to the Presidential Villa was to pay homage to the President, whom he considers his father.
Jibrin, who parried the question on whether he was in the villa to seek President Buhari’s intervention over his predicament in the parliament, was suspended by the House of Representatives in 2016, after he alleged that the Yakubu Dogara-led leadership was engaged in fraud.
“Well, I cannot comment in that regard. The most important is that I saw him and he is in a very high spirit. I greeted him like a son and he spoke to me like a father,” he said.
On the call for his recall by his constituents, the former lawmaker described the development as “normal” in any democratic setting, while also noting that his experience was “a learning curve.”
He however admitted of a massive campaign by his constituents to get his suspension upturned by the court and parliament.
“Of course, Nigerians like justice, my constituency has been suspended for 16 months, so it is only normal that people will talk and ask questions. Why are we not back on the aspect of court case that has been lingering in the court for the past 16 months?
“I think these are some of the reasons people are raising issues in the public glare,” he said.
He likened his predicament to that of the Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume, who was also suspended but recently recalled by the Senate on the orders of the Court. He wondered why his case was being delayed by the judiciary.
“The same case, similar case, identical case was dispensed with within two months; but I am still hanging in the court system. But again, I know the Nigerian judiciary is just, so I am pretty sure that soonest I will be able to get judgment and my constituency will soon get back to the house,” he said.
The former lawmaker said he took advantage of the visit to sympathize with President Buhari over the son, Yusuf’s motorbike accident on Tuesday.
Also, President Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with Senator Kabiru Gaya, who told newsmen that his mission to the villa was to thank the President on his recent visit to Kano State.
~Vanguard
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