Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party in Bauchi State has declared the position of Yakubu Dogara vacant.
PDP in a court suit noted that the former Speaker of the House of Representatives is no longer entitled to “participate in the legislative proceedings and other businesses of the National Assembly and/or entitled to salaries and allowances as a member of the National Assembly.”
The party demanded that Dogara should be ripped-off of all benefits as a member representing Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal in line with section 68 of the 1999 Constitution. Naija News recalls that Dogara had in July 2020 decamped from PDP to his former party, the All Progressive Congress, APC.
Dogara while giving reasons for his return to APC in July claimed that poor governance by the Governor of Bauchi State is the reason why he dumped the party.