250 Reps want Dogara to step down, says Jibrin

Dogara and Jibrin

 A former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, says at least 250 out of the 360 members of the House have signed a petition calling for the probe and removal of the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara.

Jibrin said this on Thursday during a programme on Africa Independent Television, titled,‘Focus Nigeria.’

The lawmaker claimed that some of his colleagues even demanded that they marched down to the secretariat of the appropriations committee, but he told them that it was not yet time to do so.

Jibrin said part of the demands of the lawmakers was that Dogara should immediately reconvene the House, which is on holiday, and then step down and allow a thorough probe of the lower chamber of the National Assembly.

He, also, said Dogara had become jittery and had refused to give in to their demands.

He said the intention of Dogara was to ensure that the House remained on recess until September when the tension would have been doused.

He added that the Department of State Services had beefed up security around him due to threats he had been receiving.