Atiku Confirms Coalition To Remove APC in 2027, Speaks On Defection

Atiku has confirmed a coalition to remove APC in 2027.

Epe Insights reports that Atiku Abubakar, the Former presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party, denied reports of defecting from the party.

Atiku, a former Vice President of Nigeria, said reports of his defecting from the PDP were part of efforts to confuse the coalition.

There have been reports that the former Vice President was finalizing plans to defect from the PDP to the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

However, Atiku’s media office insisted over the weekend that the former Vice President is a bonafide member of the PDP.

A statement from Atiku’s media office said: “We have observed that some news platforms are peddling unverified information that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is abandoning the Peoples Democratic Party.

“We wish to clarify that the so-called news of Atiku defecting to another party is a total fallacy that holds no merit in logic.”

The former Vice President stressed that a coalition would accommodate all opposition parties, including the PDP.

It added: “Hence, it is fallacious and unfounded to allege that the Waziri is jumping the PDP ship. Such an allegation is antithetical to the objective of the grand coalition, which the former Vice President is currently driving alongside other prominent political leaders in the country.

“We, therefore, wish to state unequivocally that Atiku remains a principal bonafide member of the PDP, the main opposition party.”

The statement noted that the claims about Atiku’s defection were an attempt to “confuse Nigerians about the magnitude of the grand coalition that is at work to rescue Nigeria from the grip of the APC”.