Undaunted by his ordeal, he has threatened to make more shocking revelations. He recently alleged that members allocated to themselves N10million in illegal allowances and requested that the money be returned to public coffers amid these austere times.
If any value is to be attached to Jubrin's suspension, it is the public odium it has provoked against the House and its leadership, and their dismissal as greedy and unproductive lot.
But where are the anti-graft agencies and PMB in all of this? He has forwarded dossiers of his allegations to EFCC, ICPC and other Related Offences Commission, The Nigeria police, SSS and even the Presidential Advisory Committee in Corruption.
It rankles that a seeming conspiracy of silence is prevailing. This is incredible and objectionable. PMB should break his silence on this matter hence he will lay the foundation for Frankenstein Monster in the years ahead.
Incredibly, the whistle-blower has become a victim. When this becomes permanent nuance of the fight against corruption, it is capable of discouraging other Nigerians that might want to play a similar role.
Yet, the ICPC Act 200 encourages the public to volunteer information that could assist its investigation, while such informants are to be given all the protection the law could offer.
Though not by any means clean, going by his own confession, Jubrin's predicament is an indictment on the civil society groups and the public for their apparent docility in the face of corruption's savage assault on the public treasury.
Since 1999, Nigerians have been fed with cocktails of finacial scandals complained to no end about lawmakers' poor performance and the secrecy surrounding their renumerations, which no lawmaker, present or past, is prepared to divulge honestly.
A nation with virile, civic engagement culture would have leveraged Jubrin's illumination of this dark valley called the NASS to sing redemptive song in accountability in public office.
RPI.................Mission Rekindled.
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