Buhari Meets Suspended Lawmaker Jibrin In Aso Rock

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with the embattled member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdulmumunin Jibrin at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Jibrin was suspended by the House of Representatives in September 2016 over corrupt allegations against the lower chamber of the National Assembly.

Speaking with State House correspondents after the meeting, Jibrin said: “As you are aware I have not seen the President for a while now. It is a meeting between a son and a father.”

Asked whether he was at the Villa to seek Buhari’s intervention in the political crisis in the House of Representatives, he added: “Well, I cannot comment in that regard. The most important thing is that I saw him and he is a very high spirit. I greeted him like a son and he spoke to me like a father.”

On the campaigns to have him recalled to the House of Representatives, he said: “It’s only normal. Of course Nigerians like justice, my constituency has been suspended for 16 months, so it’s only normal that people will talk and ask questions, why are we not back on the aspect of court case that has been lingering in the court for the past 16 months. I think these are some of the reasons people are raising issues in the public glare.”

On the President’s son’s accident, he said “Oh of course. I greeted him and wish his son quickest recovery.”