Dogara Must Resign Or Be Impeached ­– Nabena

The All Progressives Congress has said the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, like the Senate President Bukola
Saraki, must resign or be prepared to be impeached.

The APC acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena and
the National Vice Chairman (South-South), Hilliard Eta, said the
Speaker was obviously aware of the implications of his decision
before he took it.

Yekini Nabena – APC Acting
Publicity Secretary

Nabena said, “It should be obvious to Dogara that his various
anti-party activities have reached a final destination with his
reported decision to leave the APC.

“He became Speaker because he was a member of our party -even
though he has not formally told us of his defection, now that he is
reported to have left, the right thing for him to do is to vacate
the seat.”

“It should be obvious to Dogara that his various
anti-party activities have reached a final destination with his
reported decision to leave the APC.

Speaking in a similar vein, Eta said the framers of the Nigerian
constitution did not intend for a member of a minority party to
superintend over the affairs of legislators of a party that has a
clear majority.

He explained that it was against the law of natural justice for
the minority, in this case, to preside over the affairs of the
majority.

Eta said, “It is not in the intention of the framers of the
Nigerian constitution that a member of a party that does not enjoy
the majority in the National Assembly should head any of the arms
of the National Assembly.

“We are going to impeach them and they will have their day in
court. It is a directive of the party to members of our party in
the National Assembly to impeach them and then they will have their
day in court.”

According to him, the decision of the opposition Peoples
Democratic Party which was in power in 2014 not to take issue with
the defection of some of its members in the National Assembly from
the PDP to the APC, does not prevent the APC from insisting that
the right things should be done now.

It was reported that the party’s National Chairman, Adams
Oshiomhole had been meeting with party members, particularly
members of the House of Representatives in a bid to remove
Dogara.

“We are going to impeach them and they will have their
day in court. It is a directive of the party to members of our
party in the National Assembly to impeach them and then they will
have their day in court.”

The APC chairman had intensified efforts to oust the speaker
after it became public that Dogara was seeking for reelection on
the platform of the opposition PDP.

Some of the Speaker’s constituents had on Thursday presented PDP
nomination form to him after urging him to leave the APC.

Dogara is yet to make his decision to leave the APC official but
he has kept away from the party’s activities over time. He neither
participated in the party’s last congress in his constituency nor
did he attend the last National Executive Council meeting of the
party.

The All Progressives Congress has said the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, like the Senate President Bukola
Saraki, must resign or be prepared to be impeached.

The APC acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena and
the National Vice Chairman (South-South), Hilliard Eta, said the
Speaker was obviously aware of the implications of his decision
before he took it.

Yekini Nabena – APC Acting
Publicity Secretary

Nabena said, “It should be obvious to Dogara that his various
anti-party activities have reached a final destination with his
reported decision to leave the APC.

“He became Speaker because he was a member of our party -even
though he has not formally told us of his defection, now that he is
reported to have left, the right thing for him to do is to vacate
the seat.”

“It should be obvious to Dogara that his various
anti-party activities have reached a final destination with his
reported decision to leave the APC.

Speaking in a similar vein, Eta said the framers of the Nigerian
constitution did not intend for a member of a minority party to
superintend over the affairs of legislators of a party that has a
clear majority.

He explained that it was against the law of natural justice for
the minority, in this case, to preside over the affairs of the
majority.

Eta said, “It is not in the intention of the framers of the
Nigerian constitution that a member of a party that does not enjoy
the majority in the National Assembly should head any of the arms
of the National Assembly.

“We are going to impeach them and they will have their day in
court. It is a directive of the party to members of our party in
the National Assembly to impeach them and then they will have their
day in court.”

According to him, the decision of the opposition Peoples
Democratic Party which was in power in 2014 not to take issue with
the defection of some of its members in the National Assembly from
the PDP to the APC, does not prevent the APC from insisting that
the right things should be done now.

It was reported that the party’s National Chairman, Adams
Oshiomhole had been meeting with party members, particularly
members of the House of Representatives in a bid to remove
Dogara.

“We are going to impeach them and they will have their
day in court. It is a directive of the party to members of our
party in the National Assembly to impeach them and then they will
have their day in court.”

The APC chairman had intensified efforts to oust the speaker
after it became public that Dogara was seeking for reelection on
the platform of the opposition PDP.

Some of the Speaker’s constituents had on Thursday presented PDP
nomination form to him after urging him to leave the APC.

Dogara is yet to make his decision to leave the APC official but
he has kept away from the party’s activities over time. He neither
participated in the party’s last congress in his constituency nor
did he attend the last National Executive Council meeting of the
party.