Former House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara has revealed that he dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to keep him consistent in his principle of fighting for good governance in Bauchi State.

The former Speaker has also formalised his defection to the ruling party at the national level.

In his resignation letter, addressed to the Chairman of the PDP at Bogoro ‘C’ Ward in Bogoro Local Government Area, dated July 24, 2020 and titled: Letter of resignation of membership of the PDP, Dogara also accused Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed of bad governance.

He said: “I write to intimate you of my decision to resign my membership of the PDP.

“This became necessary because the same reasons why we fought in 2019 to effect change in the governance of our dear state are festering now. I intend to bring these issues to front burners once again as the fight to install a decent and egalitarian government in our dear state continues.

“Specifically, I intend to ask questions about the following: what has happened to LGA allocation since May 2019? What happened to our campaign promise to conduct local government council (LGC) election within six months of the PDP government?

“Why are we segmenting salaries and why is the payment of state workers’ salaries outsourced to a private firm as consultants? Why are contracts inflated, awarded and payment of mobilisation done in violation of extant rules on procurement?

“Why are our highly revered traditional rulers and elders treated with odium, contrary to the guarantee we gave them during the campaigns that such would not happen under PDP government?

“Mr Chairman, you will agree with me that I cannot raise these issues and others without a charge of disloyalty levelled against me, if I were to remain a member of the PDP. I cannot also fail to raise these questions now, having raised the same during the administrations of Isa Yuguda and M. A. Abubakar.

The former Speaker met President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja on Friday in company of the party’s Caretaker/National Planning Committee Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni where he confirmed he had returned to the APC.

Also, the Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Osita Okechukwu, has said the return of Dogara to the APC portends good omen for the party ahead of the 2023 general election.