Saturday, September 24, 2016
MY EXPLOSIVE LETTER TO SPEAKER DOGARA
September 22, 2016
Hon Yakubu Dogara
The Speaker,
House of Representatives,
National Assembly,
Abuja.
Dear Mr. Speaker,
SEARCH YOUR CONSCIENCE BEFORE YOU DESTROY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
I
write you this letter to express the deep agony and pains that
overwhelmed me when I watched a person with soiled reputation preside
over the House sitting on Wednesday.
It
was another bout of mental torment when I watched you taking advantage
of the office of the Speaker and publicity inherent to vomit all sort of
lies in a desperate bid to attract public sympathy, paint me in bad
light and use the institution of the House to cover the fraud you
perpetrated in the 2016 budget and other monumental corrupt practices.
It
is therefore no surprise that rather than address the allegations of
budget fraud and corruption I specifically leveled against you, 3
Principal officers and a few other members (not the entire House), and
open it up for discussion if you have nothing to hide, you embarked on a
wild goose chase.
Every
right-thinking person knows that you were acting a shameful script by
referring the matter to the Ethics Committee so that you can
conveniently be a judge in your own case. You didn't even refer the
allegations against you to the Ethics Committee but rather chose to
refer a so-called "breach of privilege of members" in a clear attempt to
force members to carry your cross through a well-orchestrated
blackmail.
To
hide a lie, a saying goes, a thousand more lies are needed. Contrary to
what you said in your speech, where you recklessly quoted TS Elliot,
your so called maturity and silence during the last two months were
simply because you are guilty as charged. And you know too well you are!
In
any case, you are aware the privilege of a member does not accord him
or her immunity to being exposed if involved in corrupt practices. And
if exposing budget fraud and corruption amounts to misconduct, then
prepare for even the worst misconduct in the next few days.
You
have successfully dragged 360 members into an offense committed by you
and a few others. In the next few days, members will have to decide
whether they are with you or with millions of conscientious Nigerians.
No action that symbolizes corruption than standing with an embodiment of
corruption.
Mr
Speaker, I was taken aback when I heard on good authority that you were
boasting that Nigerians will soon forget, and I will be left alone.
Smiling sheepishly, my mind made an instant flashback, reflecting the
struggle and sacrifice we made to make you what you are today. I then
wondered how you forget the stuff I am made of and the courage of my
conviction so easily. I conclude you underestimated how resolute I could
be to champion a cause I believe in or stay on the side of the truth.
My conscience is the guiding torch of behavior, you need to be reminded.
Mr
Speaker, it was a shameless act to behold seeing you hitting the gavel
and asking that investigation of such weighty allegations be conducted
and report submitted back to you within one week.
Just imagine that after the petitions I submitted against you, Mr
President directed the anti graft agencies to conduct investigation and
submit report within one week.
You would have been shouting foul play all over. Even with the
civilized approach of the anti-graft agencies you still went on air to
say they cannot investigate or prosecute you. You have refused to appear
before the anti-graft agencies despite pressure from the general public
for you to go and clear your name.
Mr.
Speaker, it is dismaying to note that the House is already sitting on a
keg of gunpowder. Let's see if history will repeat itself or history
will be made. In any case, if we look at the history of the House, where
are the accused and where are the accusers today? Who laughed last?
Once you stick to the truth, God will be with you! You might force your
illegal suspension on me, but I care less because I have optimism that
most of you will go to jail.
In
your speech, you called on the Government to take responsibility for
the recession. It is leaders like you who steal public money front, back
and center and abuse their offices that destroyed our economy and
brought us down to ground zero that should take responsibility.
Your
call on Mr President to address a joint sitting is a desperate bid to
use the unblemished reputation of Mr President to shore up your battered
reputation and credibility. I cannot make decision for the President,
but If I were the President, I will simply relate with you with a long
spoon because of the irritating and stinking reputation you have earned.
You know very well that while you presided over the House on Wednesday, most Nigerians and those of us that didn't put on the#iStandWithCorruption
On
a final note, I have the following posers for you: Did you consult your
colleagues when you and the 3 other principal officers stole our 40
billion? Or when you diverted federal governments projects to your farm?
Who did you consult when you inserted fraudulent projects worth about
20billion naira into the budget? Didn't you and members of your cabal go
solo when you inserted about 2000 projects worth 284 billion naira into
the budget, or when you manipulated the house rules and inserted
draconian clauses, a House rule you continue to use despite the fact
that it is a subject of litigation? What about the way you abused trust
in the 2015 SDG? Or how you tried to force me to fraudulently insert
projects worth about 30 billion naira in the budget? Can you explain how
you absconded with 20% of inputs meant for the House after the
harmonization? How about cutting a chunk off members' emoluments for
rent of houses and guest houses? Why did you refuse to circulate copies
of the internal budget of the House? How about mismanaging finances of
the House through questionable procurements? How about trying to use
running cost of members for a fraudulent mortgage and many more?
Mr
Speaker these are the allegations against you. All members of the House
are aware that I have raised these allegations, and whether they act on
it or not Nigerians are watching. But what remains clear is that you
have become a lameduck Speaker who is vulnerable and cannot walk with
his head high. Do you expect all these allegations to be swept under the
carpet? You have neither attempted nor addressed these allegations but
you move around freely and try to keep a bold face. Do you really love
this country? Do you really love the House or care about its image?
Search your conscience, make a soul-searching and do the right thing by
stepping down with the 3 others to allow for a free, fair and unbiased
investigation in collaboration with the ongoing external investigation.
The
House is an institution that always stand for justice, equity and
fairness. How damaging will it be when the House can not deal with
issues of internal corruption in a transparent manner? With a situation
like this and moreso with a rotten head, who do you expect to take the
House serious? How do you oversight or investigate others? You have made
the House a laughing stock. You think Nigerians are fools? Try for once
to look beyond the muffler-adorning members and listen to the voices of
200 million Nigerians. If you succeed in blackmailing your colleagues,
you cannot blackmail Nigerians. Let's not take the patience of Nigerians
for granted.
When
Francis Fukuyama wrote the book The End of History and the Last Man in
1992, he was not saying the world has come to an end but simply
indicating the emergence of the last and final world order. What
happened yesterday on the floor of the House was just the end of another
beginning. The emergence of a struggle to establish a new order in the
House of Representatives that will expose and deal with all forms of
corruption both systemic and individual.
Mr
Speaker, this struggle is like the rising sun, it is unstoppable. There
is nothing you can do on earth to stop it. No amount of lobbying,
legislative antics or blackmail of members of the House, Senate,
Executive arm or individuals outside the House can help you and your
cabal of few corrupt members. The day of reckoning is so close.
We
all know you blackmailed members to get support and wear mufflers in a
show of shame to celebrate you due to the abundance of systemic
corruption (which people like you instituted) in the House that makes
many members vulnerable and dependent. To you it was a "smart" move. You
just want the entire House to go down with you because you know I will
pull the trigger. It is gladdening that some courageous members defied
your blackmail and rose to the occasion. History will be kind to them.
History
will remember you as the Speaker who brought down and endanger the
reputation of the House through budget fraud and monumental corruption.
The House must embrace reforms. It is a reform you have lost the moral
ground to superintend. How on earth a person like you who committed the
biggest budget fraud in the history of the House will supervise budget
reforms? It is time you woke up from your dream and embrace reality. The
time has come, Whether you like it or not, justice will be served on
you, Lasun, Doguwa and Ogor.
God bless Nigeria.
Yours in service to the nation,
Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin PhD MBA
APC-Kano
Kiru-Bebeji Federal Constituency
Kano
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