The All Progressives Congress, APC, has berated Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara for defecting to the main opposition
party, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Dogara formally dumped the APC this week when he picked PDP
nomination forms for the House of Representatives, confirming weeks of
speculation that he would dump his party following a protracted distrust
between himself, party leaders and the Presidency.
The APC in a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Yekini Nabena
said his defection confirms a recent comment by President Muhammadu Buhari,
which described defectors from the party as “The weakest people whose senses of
expectation do not align with our vision have exited our Party”.
He boasted that Dogara would be roundly defeated by the APC
candidate at the election in his Bauchi federal constituency.
The rest of the statement reads: “Dogara’s reported defection
has not come to us as a surprise. It was only a matter of time judging by
Dogara’s anti-party antics in the National Assembly where in connivance with
the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, he exploited all available avenues to
sabotage and undermine the APC-led executive. Dogara’s anti-party activities
which enabled one of the opposition Party’s sole victory in Bogoro Local
Government Area (Dogara’s council) during the recent Bauchi South Senatorial
bye-election won by the APC is another pointer, among several others.
Indeed, all politics is local. As a Party, we empathise with
Dogara on his confusion and despair over his bleak political future given the
fact that he is not on ground and a political paperweight in his home Bauchi
state. In his emergence as Speaker, Dogara was merely used by his political
master to achieve their selfish political ends at the time. They have since
moved on to pursue their individual political aspirations and left Dogara in
the cold.
We would advise Dogara against his ill-advised decision to
recontest his House of Representatives seat under the opposition Party he is
linked with because a crushing and humiliating defeat surely awaits him.
As a Party, we remain united and committed to our Progressives
ideologies. We urge Party faithful to consolidate on our strengths and
collectively go into the 2019 general elections as a united and strong
political fighting force to sustain the Change Agenda we are implementing for
the benefit of Nigerians.”
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