A Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked Yakubu Dogara from the House of Representatives and declared his seat vacant.
Dogara, who represents the Bogoro/Dass Federal constituency of Bauchi State, was the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019.
The judge, D.U. Okorowo, on Friday, ruled that Dogara’s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was wrong and meant he should vacate the legislative seat.
Dogara defected to the APC after winning his re-election under the PDP in 2019.
His frosty relationship with his state governor, Bala Mohammed, was one of the main reasons he ditched the PDP which he joined less than five years ago.
Dogara had on July 24, 2020, dumped the PDP and returned to his former party, the APC.
In a letter of resignation addressed to the Bogoro ‘C’ Ward Chairman of the PDP dated July 24, 2020, Mr Dogara mentioned a breakdown of governance in his native state of Bauchi under the administration of Governor Bala Mohammed whom he said he helped installed as a governor in 2019.
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The former speaker said he could not successfully ask questions about those issues without being accused of disloyalty if he were to remain in the PDP.
According to Premium Times, Dogara’s explanation was contained in a letter sent to them by his spokesperson, Turaki Hassan.
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