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.
Embattled Kano member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has denied allegations that he owns and operates a bank account in the United Kingdom.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has begun a secret probe into the corruption allegations brought against Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, by Abdulmumin Jibrin.
Justice Okon Abang of the Abuja Federal High Court has declined to entertain the suit by former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, seeking to stop the alleged plan by the House to suspend him.
The Federal High Court in Abuja, has refused to hear a fundamental rights enforcement suit brought before it by the former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Jibrin Abdulmumin.