Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has dismissed reports suggesting that he is finalising moves to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Gatekeepers News reports that Atiku’s media office in a statement on Saturday, said the former vice president has no plans to leave PDP.
Describing the reports as a “fallacy”, the media office noted that Atiku remains a bonafide member of PDP, and urged Nigerians to disregard them.
The statement reads, “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 media office noted that Atiku has persistently called for a coalition of opposition political parties in Nigeria ahead of the 2027 general election to oust the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The media office stressed that the coalition would accommodate all opposition parties, including the PDP.
It said, “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.”
Atiku’s media office added that the defection claims are an attempt to “confuse Nigerians about the magnitude of the grand coalition that is at work to rescue Nigeria from the grip of the АРС.”
