Jibrin went further by saying Dogara has “has commenced the traditional slide into being a lame duck as he enters the final phase in the house. Ex-chairman of the house of representatives committee on appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said the speaker of the house, Yakubu Dogara’s lies are not only lame but signs of panic.Denying claims by Dogara in his biography, ‘A Reed Made Flint’, authored by Dele Momodu, Jibrin said: “The report carried what are obviously verifiable bunch of lies in a desperate attempt to embark on an expensive image laundering by a panicky Speaker…” Jibrin went further by saying Dogara has “has commenced the traditional slide into being a lame duck as he enters the final phase where members’ loyalty fully return to their state and constituency leaders, thus politically making the speaker a toothless bulldog.
