Breaking: Yakubu Dogara Defects To APC

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Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the People’s Democratic Party.

The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the APC and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni announced this, after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari.Yakubu Dogara

Read also: Oshiomhole: Obaseki Was Disqualified On Account Of 2016 PDP Suit

This defection marked the second time the embattled ex-speaker would dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for APC.

He had first dumped PDP ahead of the 2015 general election and joined APC. He dumped the APC again for PDP in 2018 ahead of the 2019 polls.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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