The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, says he left the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because APC failed to “keep to promises it made to Nigerians.”
Dogara, who stated
this shortly after he submitted his nomination forms at the PDP
secretariat in Abuja, said he and his associates were “treated as
strangers” within the APC.
The Speaker, who recalled how he
rejoined the PDP because of pressures from his constituents, also
lamented how APC’s initial agenda of bringing positive change to Nigeria
was thwarted by “wayward sense of entitlement of some people.”
Denying
that he left APC in order to secure a return ticket for the 2019
general elections, the Speaker affirmed he actually left to PDP where
his dream of making Nigeria better could be realized.
“For some
of us who are here, today’s event marks the end of all speculations. To
begin with, I was a founding member of the PDP, which some of you don’t
know. So, this is home to me.
“I was also one of those that built
APC in Bauchi state, and I can tell you that we have not fulfilled a
single promise that we made. At the national level, we all know what is
happening,” the Speaker said.
He added that he had decided to
join his brothers and sisters in the PDP, so they could chart a new
frontier in his home state of Bauchi, as well as Nigeria, through an
uncommon courage and commitment.
He, however, dared those who
“have boasted of retiring me from politics” to meet him on the election
ground at Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal Constituency of Bauchi
State.
“I am here with the nomination form. For those who said
they will retire me from politics, I am waiting for them at
Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa,” he boasted.
In company of the Speaker
to submit the nomination forms were former FCT minister, Senator Bala
Mohammed, Senator Abdul Ningi, Senator Adamu Gumba, some members of the
House of Representatives, PDP chieftains from Bauchi State and scores of
supporters.
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