PDP Hails Dogara’s Return As Courageous …As Lasun Finalises Plans To Dump APC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has formally welcomed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara back to its fold, describing his return as a courageous response to the party’s call on well- meaning Nigerians to support its mission to rescue the nation.
It described Dogara’s decision to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC), as a patriotic and nationalistic move that demonstrates his statesmanship and commitment to the progress of the nation, “at this trying time.”
In a statement by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, yesterday, the party said Dogara’s move is “reflective of the wishes and aspiration of his larger constituency and in tandem with the determination of Nigerians across board to rally on the platform of the repositioned PDP to vote out the incompetent and divisive APC administration, which has caused untold harm to our nation in the last three years.
“The PDP states that Dogara has continued to conduct the affairs of the House of Representatives with the highest level of commitment, resulting in a very productive legislature under his leadership, despite the unmitigated efforts by the Presidency and the APC to distract him.
“The return of Dogara and other leaders who had earlier left our fold is a clear testament that the issues that led to their exit in the first place have all been addressed under the repositioned and rebranded PDP,” the statement read in part.
The Speaker’s return to the PDP mark the end of the controversy trailing his reported defection last week when a statement from his office denied he had left the ruling APC.
Meanwhile, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Sulaimon Lasun Yusuff, yesterday, dismissed report that he had defected from the ruling All Progressives Party (APC), to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Lasun, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Wole Oladimeji , and made available to newsmen in Abuja, yesterday, described the alleged defection to the PDP as “highly misleading and uncalled for.”
The statement reads: “Lasun has said it repeatedly that he is progressive to the core and remains in APC as loyal party man to the core.
“It is the machinations of his political detractors who are head bent in maligning his political image that is spreading the rumour.
“A silence does not mean that he has left the party, the rumour recently being spread is by his political detractors.”