The police yesterday retrieved three versions of the budget from ousted House of Representatives Appropriations Committee chairman Abdulmumin Jibrin as probe of his allegation of padding began.
The Special Investigation Panel (SIP) has started sieving the documents to isolate the padded areas.
Jibrin petitioned the police, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and other anti-graft agencies, alleging the padding of Budget 2016 by Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Deputy Speaker Yusuff Lasun, Chief Whip Alhassan Ado Doguwa, Minority Leader Leo Ogor and nine others.
He claimed that they inserted about 2000 projects worth N284 billion into the budget.
Jibrin had a two-hour session with the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Amodu Ali-led SIP. Jibrin, who submitted more documents on the matter to the investigators, may appear before the panel again either today or tomorrow.
Based on documents at its disposal, the panel may interact with other members of the appropriations committee.
