Budget Padding: Officials seal off Abdulmumin Jibrin’s office (PHOTO)

Officials of National Assembly on Thursday sealed off the office of Abdulmumin Jibrin, the former chairman of house committee on appropriation.

Jibrin was suspended on Wednesday for one year for making allegations that the 2016 budget as padded by Yakubu Dogara, the speaker, four other principal officers and other lawmakers.

He was also barred from positions of responsibility in the house until the end of the 8th assembly.

With his fate signed, sealed and delivered, officials of the legislative arm of government have now sealed his office, meaning he cannot legally enter the room again until his suspension is over.

As it were, the officials see his case as an open-and-shut affair.