Reps under fire over alleged sharing of N50 million, 150 motorcycles

29th Jan. 2016

The House of Representatives on Thursday, January 28, mandated its committee on Ethics and Privileges to investigate allegations of corruption involving some lawmakers.

This followed a point of order raised by the deputy minority whip, Yakubu Barde that some lawmakers had shared the sum of N50 million and 150 motorcycles to members by the House leadership.

Barde alleged that a member, Mohammed Abubakar had granted an interview on a local radio station (Liberty Radio, Kaduna) saying that money and motorcycles were given to members.

Barde said that the issue needed to be investigated because he did not collect such money or motorcycle.

According to him, he has been under pressure by his constituents who are demanding for their share of the money and motorcycles.

He said: “This is an allegation, considering the present economic situation of Nigeria. As lawmakers, we have to be very careful to ensure our image is not tarnished. Nigerians need to know what really happened.”

The Speaker of the House, Mr Yakubu Dogara in his ruling mandated the committee to investigate the allegation and report back to the house in four weeks.

Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has reacted to former president, Olusegun Obasanjo’s letters to the leadership of the National Assembly, describing it as misdirected.

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