buhariThe Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has denied reports that he was invited to the meeting President Muhammadu Buhari had with Reps members loyal to Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila on Wednesday night.
There had been reports that Buhari would hold a meeting with Dogara and Gbajabiamila who was the choice of the All Progressives Congress, APC, leadership for the speakership position, as part of efforts to douse the crisis currently surrounding the election of the House leadership. It however turned out that the President only met with the Gbajabiamila group.
But debunking the speculation in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Turaki Adamu Hassan, the Speaker asserted that he was not invited to any meeting.
The statement reads, “Attention of the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives has been drawn to some news reports about a purported meeting between Mr. Speaker, the President and some members of the House under the platform of the APC.”
“We wish to make it abundantly clear that there was never a time the Speaker was invited for a meeting with the president on Wednesday, July 1, 2015.”
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