Supporters of Yakubu Dogara,
speaker of the house of representatives, presented nomination and expression of
interest forms of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to him on Thursday, urging
the speaker to leave the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The constituents thronged
Dogara’s Abuja residence, saying they decided to present the PDP forms to the
speaker as a result of “injustice meted on them by the APC”.
Aminu Tukur, a member of the
delegation, told the speaker that the APC is now plagued by injustice and
dictatorship.
“The day Buhari joined partisan
politics in 2002, I was the only person from Bauchi that travelled and I have
been with him since then,” he said.
“Mr Speaker, I swear to almighty
God that He spared my life. I and our people will vote for you and we urge you
to heed to our cries and accept this form. We pray that God returns you to your
seat. APC is not a religion as it is neither Islam nor Christianity.”
Adamu Jambil, a former deputy
chairman of Tafawa Balewa local government, said, “The people have sent us to
you with these forms. Bauchi state today is retrogressing. They have not
constructed 30 kilometres of roads but they are busy lying that they have done
500 kilometres.
“Our people have sent us to tell
you that they will not allow anybody to humiliate you. They love you and will
not allow APC to embarrass you and turn around to you beg you to remain in
their party. They said we should tell you that as their son, they are not
giving you any option but directing you to accept these forms and leave the
APC.
“They said time has gone so they
will not give you any option and if you refuse to listen to them, they will
desert you. But we know you are an obedient child and you will listen to your
parents. Whether you like it or not, you must leave the APC. This is the
message from our people to you.We have seen all the good works you are doing
and they have sent us to tell you that they will not allow you to rest.”
Amina Saleh from Dass local
government said women in the constituency have sent her to inform the speaker
that they will be with him: come rain, come shine.
“You told us to join APC and we
did. We worked for the party but they have betrayed us and that is why we said
instead of building another house, it is better we return to our former home
where we are more welcome,” she said.
“They are already celebrating
that we are here to present these forms to you. Please our leader, we appeal to
you to accept it and wipe away our tears.”
Responding, the speaker said: “I
have listened to you and I want to say that I am not a novice in politics. So,
even if they do not regard us, they should know that we are in full control of
our five senses. We know what looks like justice and what is not justice, we
also know if you want to humiliate or honour us.
“We built the APC in Bauchi and
with time left the PDP and entered the APC. I was the first and only lawmaker
from Bauchi state that left the APC then and we knew why we left. We also know
what we promised the people of Bauchi state then.
“But I must thank you all. This
is not the first time we would face these of kind of threats and betrayal. Our
only fault is that we have chosen not to side with injustice or wrong. We
always voice out when we see that we are beginning to derail from our election
promises to the people and that is why some people said they will retire us
from politics and have even started celebrating that they have buried us
politically. But throughout all this, I remained unperturbed because I knew
that we had our people with us.”
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