Defection: PDP Asks Dogara To Relinquish Position As Lawmaker

The State chairman of the People's Party (PDP) in Bauch state Hamza Akuyam has asked the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara to relinquish his position as the representative of Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa-Balewa constituency at the Federal House of Representatives.

Calling for the speaker's resignation, Akuyam said that the position Dogara was occupying belongs to the PDP.

According to Hamza, the issues raised by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dogara as his reason for defecting were baseless.

Hamza who described the former speaker as a political prostitute said that if he (Dogara) had issues with inflation of contracts, he should have met with the Governor before defecting.

The (PDP) Chairman who stated this during an interview with Journalists on Monday said : 

“Dogara wanted to leave the party before now; so the issues he brought are just baseless issues. If he had a problem of the inflation of contracts and others, he ought to have met the governor and discuss with him.

“Now, that he has left the PDP and he knew very well when he joined us in the runoff to the 2019 elections, he said the APC had failed the country, APC had done this and that so he had no reason to stay there. The only option he had then was for him to join the PDP which he said was better. Now this is a contradiction

“What I term him is a political prostitute or a normadic politician who doesn’t stay in one place.

“As a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, he did say that there was nothing more honourable for him than to leave our party, but I want to challenge him that what is more honourable is for him to resign the position he occupies.”