Member representing
Kachia/Kagarko federal constituency of Kaduna State and Chairman, House
Committee on Interior, Hon. Jagaba Adams Jagaba has alleged that former
President, Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration paid members of the House of
Representatives N500,000 each to impeach the former Speaker of the House, Ghali
Umar Na’Abba.
He revealed this on Wednesday
while testifying before an FCT High Court in Lugbe in the ongoing trial of Hon.
Farouk Lawan who was accused of fuel subsidy bribery scandal in the 7th
Assembly .
Responding to questions when he
was being cross examined by Lawan’s Counsel, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Jagaba
explained to the court that the money was brought by the executive arm of
government to bribe members of the National Assembly.
He said, it was specifically to
impeach the then Speaker, Na’Abba.
“I reported the matter to the
House during plenary and displayed the money on the floor too.
“I displayed N4.5m on the floor
of the house because every member was involved.
“I believed it was a bribe
because I saw trucks coming to distribute the money. It was N500,000 per
person. It was nine members that tendered their money as exhibit,” the lawmaker
said.
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