Speaker, Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, Wednesday, picked the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) expression of interest and nomination forms to bid for a return to the House in 2019.
According to Thisday, the speaker, who is the number 4 in the country’s order of protocol, sent one of his trusted aides to pick the forms, a day after his party, All Progressives Congress (APC), close collection of nomination forms.
Dogara’s action signifies that he has finally dumped the ruling party for the main opposition one.
He had told journalists on Tuesday that he had agreed to re-contest the Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa federal constituency seat but failed to signify the platform he intended to use.
Dogara, who made his intention known when members of his constituents, who feared that he might not be willing to re-contest having served 12 years, visited his Abuja home, said he accepted the request of his constituents and would seek re-election.
Thisday reports that he appreciated the show of support from his people, who travelled all the way from Bogoro, Dass and Tafawa Balewa local government areas in Bauchi State to Abuja, mocking those, who he said are working to truncate his future political ambition.