Abdulmumin Jibrin, suspended member of the house of representatives, says reports of his sack emanated from “a dubious character and known fraudster who is neither the chairman of my party at the local government level nor a part of the party executive at the state level”.

In a statement on Thursday evening, Jibrin said his expulsion was yet another round of character assassination orchestrated by politicians who feel threatened by “our anti-corruption crusade.”

He described it as the handiwork of “hired hacks” who are bent on sabotaging the anti-corruption campaign of the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.

The Kiru/Bebeji lawmaker also pointed out that the party’s leadership at the state or national level are not aware of the development, adding that the so-called party chieftain who made the announcement was “a known fraudster who is neither chair of my party at the LG level nor a state party Exco”.

Jibrin said: “My attention has been drawn to a false claim attributed to some mischievous impersonators that I’ve been expelled from my party, the All Progressives Congress, at the Local Government branch.

“This report, I’ve gathered, came from a dubious character and known fraudster who is neither the chairman of my party at the local government level nor a part of the party executive at the state level. The party is not even aware of this impersonation making the rounds in the media.

“This is yet another round of character assassinations from career political antagonizers who are perpetually threatened by our advocacy for transparency in public service and political leadership.

“Recall that I honored the invitation of the EFCC in a bid to shed light on the cases of corruption by some principal officers of the house despite dissuasions by these saboteurs of my party’s change agenda and stand against corruption. They wished I did not honour the EFCC invite.

“The initiators of this false claim of my expulsion by my party are hired hacks engaged by some corrupt politicians in Abuja to distract me.

“I wish to remind the public, and especially the media, that this report is false and did not originate from my party, the APC.

“I have a cordial relationship with my party the APC and we have been working hand in hand to actualize our agenda for a better Nigeria.”