The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi state has described the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara as a “nomadic politician who doesn’t stay in one place” for defecting from the party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In an interview with journalists on Monday, the Bauchi State PDP Chairman made the statement.
He added that it is unfortunate that the former Speaker left the party, sighting that as Chairman, he will not want any of his members to leave.
He 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 it 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 nomadic 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 honorable for him than to leave our party, but I want to challenge him that what is more honorable is for him to resign the position he occupies.”
Akuyam noted that the position Dogara was occupying belongs to the PDP, challenging him to resign the position, come back and contest it again in any other party if he is worthy of his name.
In relation, the Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, Senator Walid Jubrin has said 2023 election political calculation was likely to be the reason for the exit of Dogara from the PDP.
Jubrin stated this in a statement to the media in Abuja on Monday.
He said that he received the news about the exit of the former speaker with mixed reactions because Dogara failed to avail himself with the party’s conflict resolution mechanisms before deciding to leave the part.
According to him, “I am equally sorry for Dogara for not adhering to all avenues available in the party constitution for settlement of disputes or complaints by a member of the party.”
The BoT Chairman adds that he became disturbed more when he read the reasons of Dogara for decamping, considering his position as a former speaker.
According to him, Dogara never raised any of the issues with him even though he, himself was a member of the PDP BoT.
His statement read, “Considering seriously reasons given by Dogara for his decamping one is compelled to say that Mr. Dogara has other strong reasons for leaving PDP.
“I’m beginning to suspect that former speaker has an underground motive for joining the APC
“I begin to suspect that Mr. Dogara has a plan of becoming president or Vice President in 2023 which he knows he will never archive in PDP.
“I want to assure 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 from anybody to destroy the party.”
He also announced the plans by the BoT and Party leaders to visit Edo State to join in the strengthening the Godwin Obaseki’s campaign in order to consolidate the gains of his administration in the state.
