ABUJA - Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has defected from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, pledging to work for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.
The defection, which has sent ripples across Nigerias political landscape, was formally 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 APC, Kano North, alongside APC leaders from the North-East geopolitical zone.
