SAN FRANCISCO, December 28, (THEWILL) –Â President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, met in a closed door meeting with suspended member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Jibrin who represents Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State was the Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation before he was suspended by his colleagues over claims that the 2016 budget was padded.
The lawmaker had claimed that the 2016 budget was padded to the tune of over N284 billion by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara in connivance with three other principal officers of the House.
Jibrin who has been on suspension for 16 months now had, on Wednesday, December 20, petitioned the presidency and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, calling for intervention in his continued suspension.
However, the embattled lawmaker arrived the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday to meet with President Buhari over his suspension.
He however refused to give details of the meeting while speaking with State House correspondents insisting that it was a meeting between a son and a father.
“As you are aware, I have not seen the President for a while now. It was a meeting between a son and a father,” he said.
“The most important is that I saw him and he was in a very high spirit. I greeted like a son and he spoke to me like a father.”
