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Dogara ‘lost his mind’ after Tinubu snubbed him as running mate: APC Campaign Council 

“Mr Yakubu Dogara has apparently lost his mind since he could not realise his self-imposed ambition to be on the presidential ticket of All Progressives Congress.”

• October 10, 2022
DOGARA, TINUBU and SHETTIMA

All Progressives Congress Campaign Council says Yakubu Dogara, former House of Representatives speaker, has lost his mind after APC presidential candidate Bola Tinubu snubbed him to pick Kashim Shettima as his running mate. 

“Former Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara has apparently lost his mind since he could not realise his self-imposed ambition to be on the presidential ticket of All Progressives Congress,” Bayo Onanuga, director of media and publicity for Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, said in a statement on Monday. 

Accusing Mr Dogara of delivering hate speech, Mr Onanuga berated the former speaker as “a reprobate and demagogue, delivering hate speeches and whipping up emotions, with the aim of setting our country ablaze.”

Mr Tinubu’s choice of a fellow Muslim, former Borno governor, Mr Shettima, has continued to draw the ire of party members and other Nigerians, especially those professing to be Christians.

A Christian from Bauchi, Mr Dogara had openly criticised the APC Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket, describing it as a “satanic” move that could trigger an uprising and disintegration of the country. 

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