Outgoing Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has distanced himself from the rumour in the mill that he wants to contest for the slot in the 9th National Assembly. He simply waved it with the back of his hand describing it as fake news.
A release by Turaki Hassan, Special Adviser (Media & Public Affairs) to the Speaker debunked the stories saying: “Our attention has been drawn to stories published in some national dailies to the effect that His Excellency, the Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has joined the race for the Speakership of the 9th Assembly.
“We wish to distance the Speaker from the fake news being pushed and circulated by mischief makers and enemies of progress who want to create confusion in order to benefit and feast on it.
T”he Rt. Hon. Speaker has always spoken for himself and would not be engaged in childish hide and seek games. When he contested in 2015 he openly sought for support and openly canvassed for votes and there is nothing stopping him from doing so now if that were the case.
“We have official channels of communication and we have not issued any statement to that effect.
“We urge members of the public to totally disregard the fake news being published about the Speaker.”