A member of the House of Representatives from Bauchi State, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, has been elected the Speaker ofthe House.
In an election to pick the Speaker of the 8th legislature in Abuja on Tuesday,
Dogara, a legal practitioner, scored 182 votes to beat the member, representing
Surulere 1 Federal Constituency in Lagos State, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, who
scored 174 votes.
In a primary conducted by the ruling All Progressives Congress last Saturday,
Gbajabiamila had beaten Dogara to emerge the consensus candidate of the APC for the Reps top post.
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