PDP Welcomes Dogara, Says Speaker’s Return A Patriotic Move

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday, welcomed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to its fold.

The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, described the Speaker’s decision to return back to the PPD as “a courageous response to our party’s call on all compatriots to rally with us in order to rescue Nigeria from the suffocating scourge of the All Progressives Congress”.

THE WHISTLER reported last week that Dogara dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the PDP.

A statement by the Speaker’s media aide, Turaki Hassan, noted that hundreds of Dogara’s supporters from Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal constituency of Bauchi State, presented PDP nomination and expression of interest forms to the speaker.

The statement said a delegation led by Mohammed Aminu Tukur, Adamu Jambil and Amina Saleh, on behalf of Dogara’s constituents, presented the speaker with the forms.

The PDP said Dogara’s move is reflective of the wishes of Nigerians across board to rally round the major opposition party to vote out the “incompetent, divisive and corrupt APC administration”.

“Furthermore, the return of Dogara and other leaders, who had earlier left our fold is a clear testament that the issues that led to their exit in the first place have all been addressed under the repositioned and rebranded PDP.

“The patriotic action of Dogara and other leaders, who left the APC, has further strengthened the surging hope by Nigerians as they collectively rally on the platform of the PDP to rescue our nation from the misrule and return her to the path of national cohesion, peace and economic prosperity for which our party is known,” the statement reads in part.

Ologbondiyan said Dogara’s return is a pointer to the victory of the PDP both in Bauchi state and at the Federal level, adding that his huge electoral value will contribute immensely to the return of the party to power at all levels.

We welcome the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. @YakubDogara back to the @OfficialPDPNig. His return to the PDP is a courageous response to our party's call on all compatriots to rally with us in order to rescue Nigeria from the suffocating scourge of @OfficialAPCNg pic.twitter.com/opEJmYp5vw

— Official PDP Nigeria (@OfficialPDPNig) September 16, 2018