POLITICS:Stakeholders Reveals Why APC Lost In Yakubu Dogara’s Home Town.

The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bogoro Local Government Area, Hon. Daniel Musa has said that the All Progressives Congress lost last weekend’s bye-election in its domain because Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara never campaigned.

Musa said that the people of the area are endeared to PDP because of the visible development past administrations at both state and federal level accomplished there.

Recall that the official result of the Bauchi-South Senatorial District bye-election, announced by Independent National Electoral Commission, showed that the All Progressives Congress won the election in every other local government area in the constituency except Bogoro which saw PDP thriving with almost twice as much vote as the APC in the local council.

The Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogora is from Bogoro and had been representing it in the National Assembly since 2007. He was a member of the PDP from 2011 to 2015.

Although Dogara defected to the APC, the PDP Chairman in Bogoro said he (Dogara) did not carry out any campaign for the APC senatorial candidate in his ward, alleging that he was not interested in the APC winning.

His words, “The speaker never came out categorically to campaign for any candidate of the political party contesting the election, though there were rumours that he was canvassing for support for the APC, I feel it is not true.

“Again, there are allegations that his body language depicts he has gone back to the PDP, I feel it is not true because it is just a mere body language and not an official declaration.

“If he has come back to the PDP, he would have contacted me and told me about it, but I am expecting him from now to 2019 to make that declaration.

The PDP Chairman continuing said PDP has made an indelible mark in the area, thus making it difficult for another party to come in.

“All the federal government interventions in Bogoro Local Government Area were brought when the speaker was in the PDP from 2011 to 2015.

“He left the party for the APC when he was denied the ticket to contest again, but I think the speaker still loves PDP”, Musa said.

Similarly, a former APC Councilor in Bogoro Local Government Area, Monday Danladi, said the people of Bogoro got used to the PDP during the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan.

“I think this was a contributing factor and the people were not necessarily swayed by the influence of the speaker, the people decided on their own,” he said recalling that some of the federal government interventions in the area include National Open University Study centre in Tafawa Balewa, the free medical outreaches, and construction of federal roads.