Former Speaker House of Rep.
Decamps to PDP
Zainab Tanimu
Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria
The former speaker of the House of Representatives , Hon Yakubu Dogara has pitched his camp to PDP and the candidature of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Wazirin Adamawa.
Some political pundits have described his recent action as a means
to boost his political ego and attract more sympathy from some christian folks, the Peoples Democratic Party. He has been appointed member of the PDP presidential campaign council.
This they see as not surprising because Dogara earlier had condemned the All Progressives Congress, APC muslim- muslim presidential ticket.
He has now become a christian crusader, urging christians not to support and vote for APC.
His appointment was announced by Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the Director General of the PDP presidential campaign organisation and governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal, in a statement to the media.
According to the PDP PCC, the appointment is part of the efforts to work for the victory of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the PDP.
“This is part of our continuous effect in joining hands with our Presidential Candidate, H.E. Atiku Abubakar, GCON (Waziri Adamawa)* to RECOVER our Great Country, Nigeria.”
On several occasions, Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the APC, had defended his decision to go for a fellow Muslim as running make.
The former Lagos state governor reportedly told the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) that he did not Islamize his home, citing that his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, is a pastor at the Redeem Christian Church of God.
