House of Representatives sinks deeper into crisis

The APC members in the House yesterday accused the Speaker working with the opposition party to scuttle the change agenda of the APC-controlled Federal Government. They accused Yakubu of allocating committees that are sensitive and crucial to the success of the government to the rival Peoples Democratic (PDP).

Some of the lawmakers, who claimed to be loyal to the party yesterday met at the APC National Secretariat and at the end of their parley accused the Speaker of being a fifth columnist and an agent provocateur. They alleged that Dogara has offered himself as an agent of destabilisation for some powerful forces that brought the nation to its knees.

The bad blood generated by the distribution of the 96 standing committees by Speaker Yakubu Dogara in the Green Chamber boiled over yesterday.