{"id":27829,"date":"2020-07-25T13:59:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-25T13:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=27829"},"modified":"2020-07-25T13:59:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T13:59:25","slug":"yakubu-dogara-didnt-really-leave-apc-keyamo-reacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/yakubu-dogara-didnt-really-leave-apc-keyamo-reacts","title":{"rendered":"Yakubu Dogara didn\u2019t really leave APC \u2013 Keyamo reacts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has reacted to the defection of Yakubu Dogara, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives back to the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>Keyamo said Dogara never left the APC when he was in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n<p>Dogara had on Friday defected from the PDP to APC.<\/p>\n<p>His defection was disclosed by the acting Chairman of APC, Mai Mala Buni after they met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Keyamo in a tweet wrote: \u201cWelcome back home, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, my classmate, my brother and friend. You really never left us in spirit!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has reacted to the defection of Yakubu Dogara, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives back to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Keyamo said Dogara never left the APC when he was in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. 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