Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), and pledged support to his father’s previous opponent, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.
The young politician defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling party.
The defection was announced on Thursday at the National Assembly, where Abubakar, popularly known as Abba, was received by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, alongside APC leaders from the North-East.
Announcing his move, Abba said he had formally resigned from the PDP and was aligning with the APC.
“My name is Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, but everyone calls me Abba. I am here today to formally announce my exit from my former party, where we worked in 2023, and my decision to join the APC,” he said.
He directed members of his political structure, the Haske Atiku Organisation, to join him in the APC.
“With this development, I will work with Senator Barau to actualise the second-term bid of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027,” he added.
Welcoming him, Senator Barau described the defection as bold and principled.
“You have taken a decision based on ideology. You did not come here because of your father. You came because you believe in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Renewed Hope Agenda,” he said.
Atiku Abubakar on his part defected from the PDP to the ADC where’s he’s set to tussle with other big wigs like Peter Obi, Rotimi Amaechi, Nasir El-rufai and more for the presidential ticket.
