Lawmakers
at the Nigerian Senate on Thursday exchanged banters over ‘Jibrin,’ an alleged
impostor of President Muhammadu Buhari, PREMIUM TIMES reports.
Recall
that recently, the social media has been awashed with posts claiming that Mr
Buhari is dead and now being represented by a certain Jibrin from Sudan.
President
Buhari had to publicly restate his identity and denied that he was Jubrin.
Thursday’s
banter started when the presiding officer, Ike Ekweremadu, asked the chairman,
Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, Barau Jibrin, to read a
report of his committee.
He
soon realised that Mr Jibrin was not around and would be represented by another
senator, Binta Garba.
“Which
of the Jibrin?” Ekweremadu asked when Mrs Garba signalled to read the report.
The question elicited laughter in the chamber while forcing a response from Mrs
Garba.
“We
are aware of the Jibrin you people are trying to force…but this is Binta, not
Jibrin,” she said.
In
seconding the motion to consider the report, Shehu Sani also referred to Mrs
Garba as Jibrin.
He
said, “I stand to second the motion being moved by Jibrin…Binta Masi Garba.”
Before
presenting the report, Mrs Garba went again to the Jibrin issue. “For the
avoidance of doubt, my name is Binta Masi Garba, not Jibrin,” she said and went
ahead to present the committee report on the establishment of the federal
polytechnic in Abia State.
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