{"id":94233,"date":"2022-04-23T10:55:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T09:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94233"},"modified":"2022-04-23T10:55:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T09:55:27","slug":"breaking-court-sacks-ex-speaker-dogara-from-house-of-reps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-court-sacks-ex-speaker-dogara-from-house-of-reps\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Court sacks ex-Speaker Dogara from House of Reps\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nA Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked Yakubu Dogara from the House of Representatives and declared his seat vacant.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dogara, who represents Bogoro\/Dass Federal constituency of Bauchi State, was the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The judge, D.U. Okorowo, on Friday, ruled that Mr Dogara\u2019s defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) was wrong and meant he should vacate the legislative seat.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dogara defected to the APC after winning his re-election under the PDP in 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">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.<\/p>\n<p>Details later\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked Yakubu Dogara from the House of Representatives and declared his seat vacant. 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