Online newspaper Premium Times is reporting that the State Security Service (SSS) has sealed up the secretariat of the House Committee on Appropriation, following the bitter spat between Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin and Speaker Yakubu Dogara.
Jibrin and Dogara have been trading allegations regarding the padding of the 2016 budget.
Sources told the newspaper that SSS officials stormed the secretariat, which serves as offices for the 40-member appropriation committee and its staff, and immediately placed it under lock and key.
The sources said the SSS also sealed Mr. Jibrin’s office at Room 1.05 in the New House of Representatives building.
The development followed Mr. Jibrin’s statement on Thursday that Mr. Dogara ordered removal of workstation from the Appropriation Committee Secretariat and allegedly attempted to break into his office.
Mr. Jibrin had reportedly visited the SSS Headquarters on Friday to brief the agency about the budget padding scandal rocking the House. He also called on EFCC and ICPC to commence investigation into the crisis with a view to prosecuting those involved.
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