Okoi Obono-Obla, a legal practitioner who served as member of the Security and Legal Directorate of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, said Dogara had become too arrogant and was taking the party for granted in choice of candidates to fill the remaining leadership seats in the House.
The National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, had written to Dogara to explain the party’s position and choice of those to fit into the principal offices still vacant at the House as a way to end the crisis of leadership that had marred activities in the House since its inauguration in June.
In reply, Dogara maintained that his hands were tied as a case is already instituted against him in court over the leadership tussle in the House.
But Obono-Obla, the secretary of the Joint Inter-party Merger Committee that negotiated the formation of APC, spoke during a television programme, saying Dogara’s explanation that he has a pending case in court, was just a gimmick to play on the seriousness of the issue.
“The court has no jurisdiction to interfere with the internal workings of the National Assembly. The issue of federal character is a bogie. Nigerians are so sentimental that everybody wants his part to be represented in leadership,” Obono-Obla said
The lawyer said the party has a right to make input on how the leadership of the National Assembly should be selected and that this does not amount to the House interfering in the internal workings of the National Assembly.
The National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, had written to Dogara to explain the party’s position and choice of those to fit into the principal offices still vacant at the House as a way to end the crisis of leadership that had marred activities in the House since its inauguration in June.
In reply, Dogara maintained that his hands were tied as a case is already instituted against him in court over the leadership tussle in the House.
But Obono-Obla, the secretary of the Joint Inter-party Merger Committee that negotiated the formation of APC, spoke during a television programme, saying Dogara’s explanation that he has a pending case in court, was just a gimmick to play on the seriousness of the issue.
“The court has no jurisdiction to interfere with the internal workings of the National Assembly. The issue of federal character is a bogie. Nigerians are so sentimental that everybody wants his part to be represented in leadership,” Obono-Obla said
The lawyer said the party has a right to make input on how the leadership of the National Assembly should be selected and that this does not amount to the House interfering in the internal workings of the National Assembly.
