PDP Calls For Gbajabiamila’s Resignation For Allegedly Frustrating Corruption Investigations

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has been accused by the Peoples Democratic Party of frustrating corruption investigations by the lower chamber.

The party made this claims while faulting the decision of Gbajabiamila to shut down the sitting of various committees investigating the executive.

The opposition party which called for the resignation of the speaker said Gbajabiamila’s action is a “deliberate design to cover the stench of corruption oozing out of the APC administration.”

In a statement signed by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP charged Gbajabiamila, to stop “circumventing the statutory duties” of the lower legislative chambers by placing “wedges in the way of the fight against corruption by the legislature.”

According to PDP: “It is clear that the shutdown directive is targeted at frustrating revelations from ongoing investigations on the $500 billion foreign loan from China, particularly as it relates to the mortgaging of our nation’s sovereignty to China.”

“This is in addition to the investigations into the humongous corruption in government agencies including the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) the N300 billion unremitted revenue to the federation account as well as allegations of corruption in government earnings and the expenditure in Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDA’s) under the APC.”

“It is therefore unfortunate that under the Gbajabiamila-led leadership, the basic responsibility of the House of Representatives, which is its oversight on the executive, has just been maimed through a forced holiday on the members of the respective committees and their Chairmen.”

“If the Honourable Speaker is inclined towards allowing the covering of corruption, against the purpose for which he was elected to lead the House, then, he should take a bow and step aside.”