Yakubu Dogara, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, has decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Dogara’s defection was disclosed to Channels Television by the acting Chairman of APC, Mai Mala Buni.
Buni and Dogara were said to have met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. Dogara, according to the report, will address the public later.
The former Speaker who was an APC member had defected to the PDP during the last general elections.
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However, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State says it is shocked by the defection of the immediate past Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
While PDP is shocked by the development, the state chapter of the APC says it is happy with Dogara’s return to its fold.
Dogara, who left the APC in January 2019 ahead of the last general elections in the country for the PDP while he was still serving as Speaker, returned to the ruling party on Friday.
He met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja with the Chairman of the APC Caretaker/National Convention Planning Committee and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni.
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Reacting to Dogara’s defection in an interview with DAILY POST, the Bauchi State PDP Public Relations Officer (PRO), Alhaji Yayanuwa Zainabari, expressed shock over the development.
The PDP spokesman in the state said that Dogara’s exit from the party really surprised them because the party has done a lot for the former Speaker.
The PRO recalled that after his defection to PDP in 2019, the party gave him an automatic ticket to contest for the Bogoro/Tafawa Balewa/Dass federal constituency seat in the last general election.
According to Zainabari, in doing this, the party denied other politicians aspiring for the seat from his constituency the opportunity to contest the election.
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The PRO said that the ruling party in Bauchi State voted for Dogara on three different times to represent his constituency in the National Assembly.
Asked if the state government has been carrying the former Speaker along in its programmes and policies, Zainabari answered in the affirmative, declaring that, “his exit really surprised us.”
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