Some members of the
House of Representatives, under the auspices of Parliamentary Democrats Group
(PDG) have cautioned the All Progressives Congress (APC) to avoid intimidating
Speaker Yakubu Dogara over his plans to dump the party.
Spokesman
of the group, Timothy Golu (PDP, Plateau) who presented the lawmakers’ position
after a meeting in Abuja yesterday, described “APC’s desperate attempt to keep
Dogara in the party” as “sheer waste of time.”
The group said, Dogara
reserves the right to defect to any political party of his choice without fear
of impeachment as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, saying APC has
no right to sack him from the position.
“It
is laughable that the APC is begging the Speaker to remain in a party that has
failed. Whereas the APC worked against his emergence, other members who saw his
nationalistic spirit voted for him.
“He
is the speaker of the House of Representatives, not of the APC,” Golu said.
The
group wondered why APC wants to retain the Speaker’s position after humiliating
Dogara and his associates from the ward congress of the party in Bauchi State.
It
accused the Adams Oshiomhole-led APC of ‘impunity and undemocratic conduct,’
saying lawmakers were solidly behind the Speaker and would ensure that he
retained his position even after defection.
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