ON Thursday, July 9, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara spent the whole day at the national secretariat of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).
to the ruling All Progressives Congress . This is coming at a time the APC is struggling with leadership instability at the national level and the PDP is enjoying some relative stability. In this piece,ON Thursday, July 9, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara spent the whole day at the national secretariat of the Peoples’ Democratic Party .
Again, he moved back to the PDP in 2018 as a sitting Speaker, following disagreements with the leadership of the APC at the time. He did not relinquish his position despite the minority status of the PDP in the House he presided over. The 2019 elections came and Dogara fought fang and claw to retain his constituency seat, but this time, as a floor member of a minority PDP in the House. He had remained in the shadows until his recent re-defection to the APC.
In a resignation letter he tendered to the chairman of his local ward, Dogara listed a number of infractions against the governor. Incidentally, his resignation letter was dated July 24, 2020, the same day he was taken to meet with President Buhari. Apparently, he had gone to meet the President with his letter of resignation from the PDP tucked in his breast pocket.
A party source from Bauchi State, who spoke on condition of anonymity, however, said Dogara defected from the PDP for reasons he did not tell the public. He said Dogara’s grouse stemmed from personal issues with his state governor.
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