{"id":181641,"date":"2022-04-22T17:29:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=181641"},"modified":"2022-04-22T17:29:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:29:27","slug":"breaking-court-sacks-ex-speaker-dogara-from-house-of-reps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/22\/breaking-court-sacks-ex-speaker-dogara-from-house-of-reps\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Court sacks ex-Speaker Dogara from House of Reps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked Yakubu Dogara from the House of Representatives and declared his seat vacant.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dogara, who represents Bogoro\/Dass Federal constituency of Bauchi State, was the Speaker of the House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The judge, D.U. 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