Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President and 2023 Peoples Democratic Social gathering (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has defected from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring his help for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.
Popularly often called Abba, he was formally acquired into the APC on Thursday on the Nationwide Meeting Advanced by Barau Jibrin, Deputy President of the Senate, alongside different occasion leaders from the North-East geopolitical zone.
Social gathering officers described the defection as a major enhance to the APC’s consolidation efforts forward of the subsequent basic election.
Talking on the occasion, Abba introduced his resignation from the PDP and pledged full loyalty to the APC, describing the transfer as a private and historic resolution.
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He directed all coordinators and members of his political organisation, the Haske Atiku Organisation based in 2022, to instantly align with the APC and work for President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
“I’m right here at this time to formally announce my exit from my former occasion and my resolution to affix the APC,” he stated, including that he would work carefully with Senator Barau to actualise President Tinubu’s second-term bid.
Welcoming him, Mustapha Salihu, APC Nationwide Vice Chairman (North-East), described the defection as symbolic, saying it mirrored “politics with out borders” and confidence within the Tinubu administration’s insurance policies.
Equally, Senator Barau congratulated Abba on what he termed a daring and principled resolution, noting that it was pushed by ideology moderately than household ties.
He disclosed that Abba, who had been following developments from the US, was impressed by the Tinubu’s administration’s reforms.
The spotlight of the occasion was the renaming of Abba’s group from Haske Atiku Organisation to Haske Bola Tinubu Organisation, signalling a whole political realignment forward of 2027.
However reacting, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar stated that his son’s resolution to affix the APC was a private alternative that doesn’t mirror his personal political stance or dedication to offering another platform for Nigerians.
Atiku, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), made this clarification following reviews that his son, Abba Abubakar, had defected from the PDP to the APC, citing management challenges throughout the opposition occasion.
Reacting through his social media platforms, Atiku pressured that his son’s political resolution was taken independently.
“The choice of my son, Abba Abubakar, to affix the APC is fully private,” he stated.
The previous vp, who himself left the PDP final 12 months for the ADC, famous that differing political selections inside households just isn’t uncommon in a democratic setting. He emphasised that democracy thrives on freedom of alternative and conscience.
“In a democracy, such selections are neither uncommon nor alarming, even when household and politics intersect. As a democrat, I don’t coerce my very own youngsters in issues of conscience, and I definitely is not going to coerce Nigerians,” he stated.
Atiku, nevertheless, renewed his criticism of the APC-led authorities, accusing it of imposing harsh financial insurance policies which have worsened the residing situations of Nigerians.
