Court Sacks Former Speaker Dogara From House of Reps Over Defection

Court Sacks Former Speaker Dogara From House of Reps Over Defection

Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked Yakubu Dogara from the House of Representatives Dogara, who represents the Bogoro/Dass Federal constituency of Bauchi State, was the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019.

Justice Donatus Okorowo, on Friday, held that Dogara’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was wrong and meant he should vacate the legislative seat.

Dogara defected to the APC after winning his re-election under the PDP in 2019 on July 24, 2020. He later dumped the PDP and returned to his former party, the APC.

Dogara had earlier in 2018 dumped the ruling party for the main opposition platform after having political confrontation for about two years with the then governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abubakar.

He was elected speaker on the APC platform in 2015 but decamped, alongside other lawmakers, to the PDP in the build-up to the 2019 general election.

Court Sacks Former Speaker Dogara From House of Reps Over Defection

He then won his re-election as a lawmaker on the PDP platform but did not contest the speaker’s position as the APC won majority seats in the parliament.

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