Why Dogara Quit PDP – BOT Chair

By Chuks Ekpeneru

The Chairman, Board of Trustees, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin has revealed why former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

In a statement, he urged Nigerians to disregard reasons advanced by the former Speaker for returning to APC for the second time.

He said Dogara defected to pursue his ambition of becoming President or Vice President of Nigeria in 2023.

Jibrin said Dogara failed to take advantage of the channels of dispute resolutions within the party.

He said: “I am beginning to suspect that Mr. Dogara has a plan of becoming President or Vice President in 2023 which he knows he will never achieve in PDP. I want to assure the former Speaker that PDP shall continue to be very strong and united and its doors remain open to all Nigerians; therefore, PDP will never accept any plan by anybody to destroy the party.”

The statement read in part “I have read with mixed feelings the reasons given by former Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara for decamping to APC. I am equally sorry for Dogara for not exhausting all avenues available in the party’s constitution for settlement of disputes or complaints by a member of the party.

“I became more disturbed with the reasons given by Mr. Dogara for his decamping, considering his position as a former speaker.

“In his position as a member of BoT, Mr. Dogara never laid any complaints to me as the chairman of BoT which is the highest advisory organ of the party and the conscience of the party.

“Considering the reasons given by Dogara for his defection, one is compelled to say that Mr. Dogara has other strong reasons for leaving the PDP.”

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