Honorable Abdulmumin Jibrin on Tuesday was summoned by the leadership of the APC over the ongoing crisis in the House of Representatives over the 2016 budget padding.
Reports say Jibrin was to appear before a disciplinary panel.
According to reports, Jibrin met with the party’s national deputy chairman, North, Lawal Shuaibu; national secretary, Mala Buni; and vice-chairman, North-West, Inuwa Abdulkadiri behind closed doors on Tuesday afternoon.
Speaking afterwards, Shuaibu said Jibrin wasn’t summoned before a disciplinary panel. He also denied that the party was planning to sanction Jibrin for his relentless media campaign against Speaker Yakubu Dogara and others.
“There is nothing like passing any judgment on any member of the party,” he said. “We only play our role as the umpire in this matter to see how we can create some atmosphere of peace and unity among our members.”
“I was reading today in your paper that we called him to discipline him; discipline him on what? Whatever happens in the House of Representatives or the Senate under the constitution and their rules, they are immune.
“But when certain things go, of course, the party needs to call its members to know how best to unite any feuding members and that is exactly what we did.
“I want to say what we discussed honestly speaking was to get a better brief because we have to be carried along. They are our members, we should know from them directly what is really going on, so that we can see how we can handle the situation without necessary making it a town square dance.”
He said the party would continue to engage Messrs Dogara and Jibrin, suggesting a peace deal had not been brokered yet.
“We are discussing with them and it is an ongoing consultation. We are not done with them, we sat with the speaker; we just finished sitting with him (Jibrin) and we would continue to sit.
Jibrin speaks
Mr. Jibrin said, “I’m here on the invitation of our great party, the APC. We discussed extensively on the crisis in the house of representatives. We will continue to discuss and engage ourselves. I will continue to honour the invitation of our party and I am sure that whatever it is we decide you will know in the due course,” he said.
