The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has received additional documents and evidencesagainst former House Committee chairman on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin over alleged N418 million alleged contract fraud.
While submitting the documents at the EFCC office in Abuja, the petitioner, who is the coordinator of the anti corruption unit of the National Youth Council, Barrister Ifeanyi Okonkwo said the he was at the EFCC office on the invite of the EFCC to adopt his petition and he has decided to add more documents to the one already submitted.
Barrister Okonkwo explained that the additional information will not only aid the work of the EFCC but will also give the world the idea of what the budgeting system has been in a long time now.
While giving a glimpse into some of the items in his documents, the petitioner, who explained that the Federal commissioner of the National Commission for Refuges, Migrants and Internally Displaced Person is joined in the petition as his Commission awarded contracts for suppy of 70 pieces of Bajaj Tricycles at an inflated price of N49 million; and 13 no of Golf cars at the sum of N48, 750, 000. 00 to companies linked to Hon Jibrin.
From the above prizes, the breakdown of the figure shows that a prize of a unit of golf car was awarded at N3, 750, 000.00 and N700, 000.00 was awarded for a unit of tricycle as at September, 2014 when the contract was awarded.
While calling on the EFCC to properly investigate the issues raised in the petition, Okonkwo said the outcome of this investigation will give the youths the courage to be involved in petition processes.
When asked if the speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubo Dogara was sponsoring the petition directly or indirectly, the petitioner denied and stated that Jibrin was the only focus of its activities as some ministers, Senators and House of Reps members are also been investigated.
He explained that Jibrin’s case was picked now because of what is happening in the House and since it involves allege corruption, it becomes a moral burden for his network to start with it.