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Reps Say No Need For External Probe Of Dogara, Others

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Members of the House of Reps Committee on Appropriation said yesterday that there was no breach whatsoever in the 2016 budget process that would warrant the probe of Speaker Yakubu Dogara, his deputy Yussuf Suleimon Lasun, chief whip, Alhassan Ado Doguwa and minority leader, Leo Ogor. Addressing a press conference yesterday in Abuja, deputy chairman of the committee, Rep Chris Emeka Azubogu (PDP, Anambra), who was accompanied by eight other members of the committee, said the allegations levelled against the quartet by the former chairman of the committee, Abdulmumin Jibrin, were all lies.
A new group in the House known as ‘Transparency Group’ comprising of over 100 members, had on Wednesday called for an external probe into the matter and that anybody found wanting should be punished. But the appropriation committee members insisted that there was no need for that.

Jibrin had following his sack last week alleged that Dogara and the other three leaders tried to force him to insert projects worth N40 billion for them in the budget, among other weighty allegations.
However, the lawmakers said they were dismayed and disappointed by Jibrin’s conduct and allegations since his removal, saying he was the one who perpetrated all the irregularities in the budget. They also alleged that Jibrin “hijacked” the budget process and single-handedly ran away from them only to return after weeks with a report on the budget. “We wish to state that we totally disassociate ourselves from all the calculated plot to pull down the integrity of the leadership and members of the 8th House of Representatives.”
They said following Jibrin’s action of “hijacking” the budget, they approached the Speaker with complaints and demanded the former chairman’s sack.
While calling on Jibrin to tow the path of honour and conduct himself in a manner befitting of a lawmaker, the legislators said they were “solidly in support of Mr Speaker, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara and other principal officers of the House of Reps.”
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No Need To Appeal Rivers’ Ruling- LP Tells PDP

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The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2015 governorship election in Rivers State, Prince Tonye Princewill, has said that there is no need to appeal last Saturday’s judgment of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that overturned the election of Governor Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Prince Princewill, in a signed statement, through Mr. Wabiye Idoniboyeobu, the Director Media and Publicity, Tonye Princewill Campaign Organization, said the cancellation of the election did not come as a surprise to “many neutral observers who came out on the Election Day to try and cast their vote.”

“Even PDP supporters I’m sure, in their heart of hearts, knew that this day would come. Like I said to my supporters on the Election Day, justice will prevail and the truth of this day will come out. If the APC legal team could not prove that there was no election in Rivers state, nobody could. It was that obvious.

“I’d like to thank all the judges for upholding the law, the parties for conducting their briefs with civility and the people of Rivers State for surviving this period. If I was the PDP, I would not even bother to appeal this judgment. I’d rather head back to the court of public opinion. Ultimately that is where this matter will end. Why delay?” he asked.

He promised to brief his supporters and well-wishers in the days ahead on the role to play in future. “I told you from day one not to worry. Your votes will count. I meant it.”

He urged all Rivers people to stay law abiding and peaceful, saying this is not the time for celebration or mourning, but a time for sober reflection.

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