•Grills Gabajabiamila for over one hour
•NASS Clerk has one-week deadline to submit draft and final copies HE Police are on course to interact with Speaker Yakubu Dogara of the House of Representatives on the alleged padding of the 2016 budget after resumption of the National Assembly from its current recess, The Nation can now reveal. Also lined up for the proposed interaction are Deputy Speaker Yusuff Lasun, Chief Whip Ado Doguwa, and Minority Leader Leo Ogor. Saddled with the assignment is the Police Special Investigative Panel which, according to sources has had a session with House Leader Femi Gbajabiamila.

[b]Gbajabiamila who had been out of the country said on Friday that he was offering himself to the law enforcement agencies for probe over the budget padding allegation.[b][/b]

Although his name has not featured among those listed by the sacked chairman of the House Committee of Appropriation, Abdulmumini Jibrin, who spilled the beans, sources said the police panel had a “comprehensive session with the House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila on Friday for over one hour.”

The panel has asked the Clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani Omolori, to submit the draft and final copies of the 2016 Budget to it within one week.

A highly placed source familiar with the development said: “We are going to interrogate the Speaker and the three principal officers implicated in the main petition of the erstwhile Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin. “Once they return from recess, we will ask them to report. Already, a letter of invitation has been served on them. It is still subsisting.

“The initial argument is that the Speaker is the nation’s number four citizen and the modalities of summoning him ought to be different. But we have checked the statute books, neither Dogara nor any of the principal officers has immunity from investigation and prosecution.

“We have not foreclosed investigation into the alleged budget padding. Whoever is talking of any other solution than this ongoing probe might be referring to another platform.”

The source said the commitment attached to the investigation accounts for non-reopening of the office of the Appropriation Committee in the House which was locked following the budget padding allegations and the counter allegations.

“Until we have conducted substantial investigation, the office will still be firmly locked by security agencies. That is a strong room of exhibits,” the source said.

Asked of the extent of investigation, the source added: “We have got sufficient documents for preliminary investigation which is already in progress. “The Clerk of the National Assembly has up till next week to submit the draft and final copies of the 2016 Budget to the panel.

“All we need now is to interact with the four principal officers immediately they return from recess. If they fail to report, the law has a provision for taking card of such.” The source confirmed that 10 chairmen of committees in the House will take their turn after the four principal officers.”

On the appearance of House Leader Gbajabiamila before the SIP, the source said: “Although Jibrin did not mention his name in his petition and addendum, he had audience with us on Friday for over one hour. “It was a comprehensive session which provided more insights into the workings of the House. We hope other leaders in the chamber will emulate him. “Gbajabiamila came in voluntarily and we took his statement, which is a loaded document on oath.”

Dogara said last week that he was not above the law following the barrage of criticisms that followed his initial statement that no one could probe what he does on the floor of the House as a member and Speaker. He denied reports that suggested that he could not be investigated or prosecuted over the scandal. He also said reports credited to him as saying padding was no offence under the law were untrue. He said his comments on the alleged budget padding were a misrepresentation with and Nigerians now seeing him as insensitive to their feelings.

His Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan said: “while responding to questions at the Civil Society Dialogue at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja on Thursday 12th August, Dogara made reference to Sections 3, 24 and 30 of the Legislative Houses ( Powers and Privileges ) Act to buttress the point that the legislature while carrying out its constitutional responsibilities is protected by law.

“He did not say or mean that he is above the laws of the land or that he is shielded by the law or has immunity for any infractions of the law. “This clear restatement of the law has been twisted by sections of the media to mean that neither security agencies nor the courts could investigate or prosecute or try him! “This is most uncharitable and a deliberate and calculated attempt to pitch the Speaker against the Nigerian public and paint him as lawless.

“As an Officer in the Temple of Justice, Dogara not only owes unalloyed allegiance to the Judiciary but also to the institutions of law enforcement. He indeed swore to an Oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “Dogara should not be portrayed as insensitive or arrogant as this is contrary to his true nature of humility and humaneness that has endeared him to his colleagues and Nigerians.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/padding-dogara-others-must-face-panel-police/

Media noise.

What is the state of Dambazul and Burantai + Bukola Saraki ?

Buhary corruption fighting is BOGUS and farce.

Video: Watch as Dogara says padding not an offence under any law

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/video-watch-as-dogara-says-padding-not-an-offence-under-any-law/

This Treacherous, Fraudulent and Deceitful, Dogara imposed on the Niagerian people by the Oil thieves and the Pipeline Destroying party, PDP is going down.

Padding is not a crime. Its just the way our sisters welcome their monthly visitors.

Firefire:
Media noise.

What is the state of Dambazul and Burantai + Bukola Saraki ?

Buhary corruption fighting is BOGUS and farce.

Dambazul and Burantai are change agents despite their alleged past infractions. AGF, Malami, may chose not to prosecute them. He may ask them to make restitutions quietly. It is called "Prosecutorial discretion" It is allowed worldwide including the US.

However, any member of the Pipeline destruction Party, pdp members and their puppets in NASS, in persons of Saraki and Dogara, who is caught in a corruption scandal MUST be docked, publicly humiliated and destroyed.

Osyabj:


Dambazul and Burantai are change agents despite their alleged past infractions. AGF, Malami, may chose not to prosecute them. He may ask them to make restitutions quietly. It is called "Prosecutoria discretion" It is allowed worldwide including the US.

However, any member of the Pipeline destruction Party, pdp members and their puppets in NASS, in persons of Saraki and Dogara, who is caught in a coruption scandal MUST be docked, publicly humiliated and destroyed.

You guys rejoiced when the professional looters come knocking at your door. You went all out celebrating.

They are reformed criminals baptized into the angelic ministry of APC.

Hear nothing say nothing.

APC, Party of Professional looters and career rogues. Case study of Bukola Sariki & Yakubu Dogara.

pdp governors who joined APC before the election are truly change agents, as APC at that time, invited all Nigerians who believe in change to join the party before the election. Any pdp member wanting to join APC after the election, like Thief Obi, the former Anambra governor, is NOT a change agent and shall be treated accordingly if found wanting

This IG self. Na him dey suppose name Buhari's Dog.

they should face den, u guys shld stop disturbing us nd find solution 2 hunger, no be who de alive go witness their prosecution?

malenko01:
they should face den, u guys shld stop disturbing us nd find solution 2 hunger, no be who de alive go witness their prosecution?

Go and get a job or start a carwash or just do something. "There is no food for a lazyman" like you.

malenko01:
they should face den, u guys shld stop disturbing us nd find solution 2 HUNGER, no be who de ALIVE go witness their prosecution?

Owu is real!

Osyabj:


Go and get a job or start a carwash or just do something. "There is no food for a lazyman" like you.

I guess u were Born in bathroom because u re using 0.0002% of ur brain, pple like u re d reason Nigeria is not moving forward

Ok

Commendable.

Why did gbaja visit even before the main culprits?


I love politics

Firefire:
Media noise.

What is the state of Dambazul and Burantai + Bukola Saraki ?

Buhary corruption fighting is BOGUS and farce.

Good question. Maybe we should also inquire about the fate of Jafaru Isa (Buhari's associate) who was accused of receiving money from Dasuki the same way FFK, Dokpesi and others did. Heaven is watching Buhari's govt with rapt attention.

Osyabj:


Dambazul and Burantai are change agents despite their alleged past infractions. AGF, Malami, may chose not to prosecute them. He may ask them to make restitutions quietly. It is called "Prosecutorial discretion" It is allowed worldwide including the US.

However, any member of the Pipeline destruction Party, pdp members and their puppets in NASS, in persons of Saraki and Dogara, who is caught in a corruption scandal MUST be docked, publicly humiliated and destroyed.

People like you are the ones been unconscientiously used by the devil to propagate disorderliness, chaos, confusion and enmity in the world and I can only imagine the magnitude of evils you must have unleashed in your family and community with this warped mindset. Prosecuting a set of people while leaving others to walk free for the same offence is what's called selective justice which obviously attracts dire consequence. If you doubt this, ask question about the case of prophet Eli who was busy judging Isreal while overlooking the atrocities of his children. His end was anguish and death. The same fate will befall Buhari and anyone who consciously supports his selective prosecution.

It is the constitutional duty of the two house of The National Assemby to pass the budget into law.

In doing so they can add,subract or modified the budget.
if they then falsify figures in the budget to their own benefit sincerely there is nothing the police and Nigerians can do at this instance because they are doing their constitutional work.As you know the next budget will still go to them.

However until constituency project and security vote is remove from the consititution,the loophole and secret of their sudden wealth,where both the legislators,governors and president steal from, the police will be defeated at the court of law for chasing a wild goose..




As for Hon. Jubrin Abdumumin,he is the most foolish Nigerian dead or alive,for keeping mute if budget was ever padded only to come when he was relieve off his position.
Mr Presisent is just restraining himself not to deal with Jubrin for technically saying he signed a padded budget.

Story

There's a difference between a pro-Buhari and an educated democrat. A pro-Buhari is like a pro-Jonathan, the same dark forces feed their conscience. If we leave the country to both camps, we would continually find ourselves governed by incompetents. The only difference between the pro-Buhari and the pro-Jonathan is that different individuals oil their pockets, different religions fuel their souls and different tribal allegiances inform their decisions. Nothing else. If they tell you that they desire a better Nigeria, they lie. The pro-Jonathan say we should have left Jonathan, despite he was incompetent, the pro-Buhari say we should allow president Buhari continue with his reckless policies that hurt the country, they say we should not talk, because he is the messiah, a man with integrity. You see, I don't eat integrity and a messiah is only a messiah when he saves the people and not one minute before. The educated democrat however understands the essence of government. It is not to put your tribesman in power, it is not a position for a religious person, only for the godly. An educated democrat understands that before we get a godly leader who would effect the change we desire, we must ensure that we enforce our democratic rights by voting out incompetents and replacing them with new alternatives, EVERY FOUR YEARS. Those of you pro-Buharists with whom we joined hands to effect this change who think we would not effect another change if things continue to go the way they are, you must be, as they say in downtown Warri, sleeping on an okada.

An excerpt

And when he saw the broom..

He passed over us!

We sidon and we are watching.

We just hope this is not save face propanganda

Comedians /media nonsense which police panel?the hungry one abi they will import them from America? I can't do Nigeria police work till I die. Abeg di's movie series called budget padding is taking too long pls make una introduction another movie oojare!

Have u ever seen a duplex own by a police officer? Or re ur landlord a police man. Hope u know what I mean buy police man

Osyabj:

•Grills Gabajabiamila for over one hour
•NASS Clerk has one-week deadline to submit draft and final copies HE Police are on course to interact with Speaker Yakubu Dogara of the House of Representatives on the alleged padding of the 2016 budget after resumption of the National Assembly from its current recess, The Nation can now reveal. Also lined up for the proposed interaction are Deputy Speaker Yusuff Lasun, Chief Whip Ado Doguwa, and Minority Leader Leo Ogor. Saddled with the assignment is the Police Special Investigative Panel which, according to sources has had a session with House Leader Femi Gbajabiamila.

[b]Gbajabiamila who had been out of the country said on Friday that he was offering himself to the law enforcement agencies for probe over the budget padding allegation.[b][/b]

Although his name has not featured among those listed by the sacked chairman of the House Committee of Appropriation, Abdulmumini Jibrin, who spilled the beans, sources said the police panel had a “comprehensive session with the House Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila on Friday for over one hour.”

The panel has asked the Clerk to the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani Omolori, to submit the draft and final copies of the 2016 Budget to it within one week.

A highly placed source familiar with the development said: “We are going to interrogate the Speaker and the three principal officers implicated in the main petition of the erstwhile Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin. “Once they return from recess, we will ask them to report. Already, a letter of invitation has been served on them. It is still subsisting.

“The initial argument is that the Speaker is the nation’s number four citizen and the modalities of summoning him ought to be different. But we have checked the statute books, neither Dogara nor any of the principal officers has immunity from investigation and prosecution.

“We have not foreclosed investigation into the alleged budget padding. Whoever is talking of any other solution than this ongoing probe might be referring to another platform.”

The source said the commitment attached to the investigation accounts for non-reopening of the office of the Appropriation Committee in the House which was locked following the budget padding allegations and the counter allegations.

“Until we have conducted substantial investigation, the office will still be firmly locked by security agencies. That is a strong room of exhibits,” the source said.

Asked of the extent of investigation, the source added: “We have got sufficient documents for preliminary investigation which is already in progress. “The Clerk of the National Assembly has up till next week to submit the draft and final copies of the 2016 Budget to the panel.

“All we need now is to interact with the four principal officers immediately they return from recess. If they fail to report, the law has a provision for taking card of such.” The source confirmed that 10 chairmen of committees in the House will take their turn after the four principal officers.”

On the appearance of House Leader Gbajabiamila before the SIP, the source said: “Although Jibrin did not mention his name in his petition and addendum, he had audience with us on Friday for over one hour. “It was a comprehensive session which provided more insights into the workings of the House. We hope other leaders in the chamber will emulate him. “Gbajabiamila came in voluntarily and we took his statement, which is a loaded document on oath.”

Dogara said last week that he was not above the law following the barrage of criticisms that followed his initial statement that no one could probe what he does on the floor of the House as a member and Speaker. He denied reports that suggested that he could not be investigated or prosecuted over the scandal. He also said reports credited to him as saying padding was no offence under the law were untrue. He said his comments on the alleged budget padding were a misrepresentation with and Nigerians now seeing him as insensitive to their feelings.

His Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan said: “while responding to questions at the Civil Society Dialogue at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja on Thursday 12th August, Dogara made reference to Sections 3, 24 and 30 of the Legislative Houses ( Powers and Privileges ) Act to buttress the point that the legislature while carrying out its constitutional responsibilities is protected by law.

“He did not say or mean that he is above the laws of the land or that he is shielded by the law or has immunity for any infractions of the law. “This clear restatement of the law has been twisted by sections of the media to mean that neither security agencies nor the courts could investigate or prosecute or try him! “This is most uncharitable and a deliberate and calculated attempt to pitch the Speaker against the Nigerian public and paint him as lawless.

“As an Officer in the Temple of Justice, Dogara not only owes unalloyed allegiance to the Judiciary but also to the institutions of law enforcement. He indeed swore to an Oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “Dogara should not be portrayed as insensitive or arrogant as this is contrary to his true nature of humility and humaneness that has endeared him to his colleagues and Nigerians.”

http://thenationonlineng.net/padding-dogara-others-must-face-panel-police/

Truth is that there is a vendetta against members of the "new PDP" branch of APC, 2019 in view. In this police ranting, I see the hand of Esau & the voice of Jacob.

I Hope so cos police are funny set of people

No p.
Corruption at the very peak of a nation's powerhouse

It has done

OLADD:


People like you are the ones been unconscientiously used by the devil to propagate disorderliness, chaos, confusion and enmity in the world and I can only imagine the magnitude of evils you must have unleashed in your family and community with this warped mindset. Prosecuting a set of people while leaving others to walk free for the same offence is what's called selective justice which obviously attracts dire consequence. If you doubt this, ask question about the case of prophet Eli who was busy judging Isreal while overlooking the atrocities of his children. His end was anguish and death. The same fate will befall Buhari and anyone who consciously supports his selective prosecution.

He's just poking fun at it. Imagine Alibaba or Basketmouth on stage poking fun around on why Doagara should not be prosecuted because budget padding is Buhari's first achievement.

It is called satire!

OLADD:



People like you are the ones been unconscientiously used by the devil to propagate disorderliness, chaos, confusion and enmity in the world and I can only imagine the magnitude of evils you must have unleashed in your family and community with this warped mindset. Prosecuting a set of people while leaving others to walk free for the same offence is what's called selective justice which obviously attracts dire consequence. If you doubt this, ask question about the case of prophet Eli who was busy judging Isreal while overlooking the atrocities of his children. His end was anguish and death. The same fate will befall Buhari and anyone who consciously supports his selective prosecution.

What do you know about the "bible" Nothing. don't use man-made fiction in an era of advanced scientific, high tech planet. The people that gave you the fiction books have discarded it for science, yet you are hanging on that fiction to butress your corrupt mind. Go and get a life.

China banned all those fiction books about 65 years ago, set up death penalty, killed corrupt thieves, and today the planet owes more money to China than any nation on this planet.

Osyabj:
Video: Watch as Dogara says padding not an offence under any law

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/video-watch-as-dogara-says-padding-not-an-offence-under-any-law/

This Treacherous, Fraudulent and Deceitful, Dogara imposed on the Niagerian people by the Oil thieves and the Pipeline Destroying party, PDP is going down.

You guys have tye Majority nah, why are you waiting for another party to choose your speaker.

K