…Says suspended lawmaker has five foreign Accounts The National Youth Council (NYCN) of Nigeria is asking the Speaker of the House, Hon. Yakubu Dogara to declare vacant the seat of the suspended former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin. The NYCN Coordinator, Ifeanyi Okonkwo made the demand in a petition he submitted to the Chairman of the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges, Hon. Ossai Nicholas Ossai. In its petition the NYCN asked for the investigation and persecution of the former Chairman saying “Jibrin should be investigated for operating 5 foreign Accounts “in violation of 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act.” Okonkwo, in the petition further states: “we have uncovered several Foreign Bank Accounts still being operated by Hon. Jibrin in the Barclays Bank, United Kingdom. These accounts include: Barclays Bank International Accounts – SC 204744 AC 33471268; Barclays Bank Reserve Account – SC 204744 AC 43707164; Barclays Bank Mortgage Account SC 204744 AC 94030664; Barclays Bank Euro Currency Account SC 204744 AC 52339433; Barclays Bank USD Currency Account SC 204744 AC 74521222. “Address used in opening the accounts; 81 Cotswold Gardens, London, NW2 1PE.” He further said “Fifth Schedule, Paragraph 3 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria provides the list of category of public officers who shall not maintain or operate a bank account in any country outside Nigeria and that list includes members if the National Assembly.” He said the action of Jibrin also contravenes Section 7 of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. He further States: “we have also obtained among many other Code of Conduct Bureau Assets Declaration Form of several other Nigerians. We are investigating that of Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin which he deposed to at the FCT High Court on 8th June, 2016. He said it was evident that Jibrin “set out to deceive the Code of Conduct Bureau and in the process made depositions he knew at the time of making than not to be true. “Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin owns at least five accounts with Barclays Bank alone with an Euro Account, Dollar Account, Mortgage Account, Reserve Account and International Account. “All the accounts are functional and he uses them all while still serving as a member of the House of Representatives and have not declared their existence to the relevant authorities. ” The NYCN in its demands called on: “The Speaker and the House to publicly investigate the fresh evidence of corruption and pass a resolution and declare the seat of Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin vacant so that INEC can conduct election into the Kiru/ Bebeji Federal Constituency for the good people of that constituency can have good and befitting representation. The group also called in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to act in their petition in the issue. It also called “on the Chairman of Code of Conduct Bureau to immediately refer Hon. Jibrin to the Code of Conduct Tribunal for immediate trial and barring him from holding public office for life.” It further called on “The Hon. Attorney- General of the Federation to ensure there is prompt and adequate prosecution of Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin for perjury as his depositions in his Code of Conduct Bureau Asset Declaration Form is to his knowledge not true reflection of the facts known to him.”]]>

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