Justice Okon Abang, of the Federal High Court Abuja, has fixed October 21 for the hearing of a suit filed by Abdulmumin Jibrin, former Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriation, challenging his suspension from the House.
The House of Representatives has handed a 180-day suspension to Abdulmumin Jibrin, the former chairman of the House committee on Appropriation, who is at the centre of the budget padding scandal that has rocked the house in recent months.
The House of Representatives committee on Ethics and Privileges has concluded its hearing into the corruption allegation made by Abdulmumin Jibrin against Speaker Yakubu Dogara.
The embattled former chairman of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said that he would not appear before the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges except it's hearing is public, adding that he does not have assurances of a fear hearing.
Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman of the House of Representatives committee on finance and appropriation, failed to appear at the opening sitting of the hearing on his case.
There is tension in the atmosphere as members of the National Assembly resumes after a two-month recess during which the leadership of the House of Representatives was mired in corruption controversy.
