Member representing Kachia/Kagarko federal constituency of Kaduna State and Chairman, house Committee on inside, Hon. Jagaba Adams Jagaba has alleged that former President, Olusegun Obasanjos administration paid members of the house of Representatives N500,000 each and every to impeach the former Speaker of the condo, Ghali Umar NaaAbba.
He printed this on Wednesday at the same time testifying earlier than an FCT high court docket in Lugbe within the ongoing trial of Hon. Farouk Lawan who was of fuel subsidy bribery scandal in the seventh assembly .
Responding to questions when he was once being cross examined by way of Lawans legal counsel, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), Jagaba said to the court that the money was introduced by the Presidency to bribe participants of the National Assembly.
He stated, it was chiefly to remove the then Speaker, NaAbba.
I brought up the topic at the floor and displayed the money on the floor too.
I displayed N4.5m on the ground of the house chambers considering the fact that each member was concerned.
I believed it was a bribe as soon as I noticed vans coming to distribute the cash. It was N500,000 per person. It was Only nine honorable members that tendered their money with me, the lawmaker said.
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