The main opposition party in Nigeria, People’s Democratic Party, PDP has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare the seat of the past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara vacant.
Dogara had decamped from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress back in July, 2020 and now, his former party has called for his sack for defecting while still bearing the mandate of the party.Mr. Dogara, who now represents Dass, Tafawa Balewa, and Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State, had first defected from the APC to the PDP before the last general election and won re-election to the house on the platform of the PDP, and has then dumped the PDP back to his former party.
The PDP, now insists that by virtue of section 68(1)(g) of the constitution,. Dogara ought to vacate the seat for defecting from the party that sponsored him to the ninth national assembly before the expiration of his tenure. Read also:Â Lagos PDP Declares Seyi Makinde As PDP South-West Leader
At the resumed hearing of the suit on Monday, the lawyer to the plaintiffs, Mr Jibril Jibril urged the court to abridge the time for the hearing of the suit owing to the fact that Mr. Dogara is already enjoying legislative privileges as a member of the House of Representatives. Justice Okon Abang, after listening to the lawyers to the defendants who did not oppose the application to abridge time fixed February 14, 2021, for hearing.Photos Credit: Getty
Mr. Dogara, who now represents Dass, Tafawa Balewa, and Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State, had first defected from the APC to the PDP before the last general election and won re-election to the house on the platform of the PDP, and has then dumped the PDP back to his former party.
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