Dogara’s defection came barely 48 hours after he and some aggrieved northern APC leaders and Christian leaders in the party declared support for the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
The groups reportedly adopted Atiku after the Northern Christian leaders agreed to work with their Muslim counterparts to defeat the same faith ticket of the ruling party.
In July 2020, the former Speaker dumped the PDP to join the APC citing the breakdown of governance in his native state of Bauchi as his reason for leaving the PDP.