Adams Oshiomhole, national
chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), wants Yakubu Dogara removed as
speaker of the house of representatives.
A source revealed that Oshiomhole
has been meeting with party members, particularly lawmakers in the lower
legislative chamber, in a bid to remove Dogara.
The source said the APC chairman
intensified efforts to oust the speaker after news broke that he would seek
reelection on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Some constituents of Dogara
presented PDP nomination form to him on Thursday and urged him to leave the
APC.
Dogara has not publicly announced
his defection from the ruling party though he has not been participating in its
activities.
He was absent at last month
national executive committee meeting of the APC in Abuja.
During the Bauchi south
senatorial district bye-election, the PDP won in Bogoro local government area
of the state where the speaker hails from.
The nation’s number four citizen
told his supporters on Thursday that he was asked to beg for the ticket of APC.
After Senate President Bukola
Saraki left the APC, Oshiomhole moved against him, asking him to either resign
or be removed.
Another source revealed that the
party appears divided over the move to remove the speaker.
“Ever since the news of Dogara’s
defection, Adams Oshiomhole has been meeting with representatives and top APC
chieftains to see how they can impeach Dogara,” the source said.
“But they are at an impasse now,
because some of them are saying that there will be chaos if they attempt to
impeach Saraki at the same time.
“We don’t know what their final
decision will be but they are not agreeing, and the party chairman seems to be
the one who wants them gone, but the lawmakers believe that they do not have
the required numbers to pull off such a feat.”
Reacting to reports of Dogara’s
planned exit on Thursday, Yekini Nabena, acting spokesman of the APC, said the
speaker’s political future is bleak.
Simon Egbebulem, spokesman of
Oshiomhole, neither answered calls nor replied a text message sent to him on
the allegation.
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Let Oshiomhole should soft-pedal about all these things he is doing.He has only one life to live.Let him not surround himself with enemies.
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