2019: Dogara Defects, Picks PDP Forms
According to a report on Sahara Reporters early Thursday Morning, The Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara may have defected from the ruling All Progressive Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party.
Here's the full report:
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr
Yakubu Dogara, may have finally defected
from the All Progressives Congress to the
Peoples Democratic Party.
Our correspondent gathered on Wednesday
night that the embattled speaker had picked
the PDP nomination and expression of interest
forms to return to the House in 2019.
A member of the National Working Committee of
the party, who spoke with our correspondent
on condition of anonymity, said that the
speaker had picked the forms.
“Yes, he had picked our forms, but don’t
quote me, he has joined us,” the source said
last night.
Dogara had two days ago expressed his desire
to return to the National Assembly in 2019
when members of his constituents visited him in
Abuja.
However, he refused to state the political
party that he would use to facilitate his
ambition.
The Speaker had been having running battles
with the leadership of the APC in both his
state, Bauchi and at the national level.
Just like the President of the Senate, Senator
Bukola Saraki, who had defected to the PDP
from the APC, Dogara had also absent from
the activities of the ruling party.
Our correspondent gathered that the decision
by Dogara was necessitated by the fear that
his party no longer had faith in him.
With this decision, it is expected that he would
announce his defection to his colleagues in the
House when the National Assembly resumes
after the political parties’ primaries.
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