Just In! Dogara Dumps APC For PDP

Abiola Olawale
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Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has officially announced his intention to switch allegiance from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The announcement was made at the Presidential Campaign rally of the PDP in Lagos state, Monday.

The official announcement comes barely 48 hours after a group led by Dogara, the Northern Leaders Consultative Forum had endorsed the presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as its preferred presidential candidate for the 2023 election.

It would be recalled that Dogara had fallen out with the chieftain of the APC after the party produced a Muslim-Muslim ticket for the 2023 presidential election.

More to come…

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