Tue Jan 19 2021
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has defected to its fold.
The return of Dogara to APC was announced at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on July 24, last year, after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari along with the chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the APC, Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State.
The defection of Dogara is being celebrated as one of the achievements of the committee.
Daily Trust reports that Dogara officially defected to PDP on January 29, 2019, in the build-up to the general elections. He won his re-election to represent Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa Balewa Federal constituency of Bauchi State on the PDP platform.
The Peace Panel was saddled with the responsibility of resolving the contentious issues and uniting party leaders in the zone and tackling crisis bedevilling the states chapters of the party in the region.
The APC has become comatose in the South South axis sequel to the prevailing power struggle and division among the critical stakeholders.
Some state chapters of the party are entangled in crisis over who controls the party’s structures.
Others have been polarised with parallel executives running them to the detriment of the party and its chances of winning future elections.
Some states like Rivers are running parallel executives while the political bigwigs have maintained sealed lips and failed to reconcile their differences to form a united front ahead of future elections.
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The battle for the control of the structure of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has raised the political stakes between the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and Senator Magnus Abe, further dwindling the party’s chances of making an impact in 2023, DENNIS NAKU reports
The activities of political parties and periodic elections have for centuries remained features that distinguish democracy from other forms of government.
Contestation is considered normal as politicians seek opportunities to offer themselves for public service.
However, in the case of Nigeria, contestation comes at a high cost not only to the aspirants but sometimes to the political platforms.
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The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress has charged party members in River State to find a way to work together in the interest of the party.
This was contained in a letter titled, “Purported suspension and expulsion of members of the party in Rivers State,” signed by the Head, Legal Services of the APC, Dare Oketade, and addressed to the state APC caretaker committee chairman, Isaac Ogobula. The letter was sighted on Thursday.
Oketade expressed the party’s concerns over the spate of suspensions and counter suspensions within the Rivers State Chapter of our Party.
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