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Nigeria: Why I Dumped PDP, Rejoined APC - Dogara

[Premium Times] The immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has explained the reason why he left the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

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