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.
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