The Peoples Democratic Party has welcomed the Speaker of the House of Representatives, YAKUBU DOGARA, back to its fold.

It also described his return as a courageous response to the party’s call on compatriots to rally with it and rescues Nigeria.

DOGARA had last week, through his aides, collected the PDP nomination and expression of interest forms.

Though he had yet to officially announce his defection from the All Progressives Congress, his action was, however, seen as his return to the PDP from where he defected to the APC in 2014.

The PDP described DOGARA’s decision to abandon the President MUHAMMADU BUHARI-led APC as a patriotic and nationalistic move.

National Publicity Secretary of the party, KOLA OLOGBONDIYAN, said in a statement in Abuja that the PDP was proud of the way the Speaker conducted the affairs of the House.