Revealed: Atiku 'to leave PDP' ahead of 2027 election, see details

• Vice-Presidential campaigner of the PDP successful the 2023 election, Ifeanyi Okowa, has said helium decided to defect to the APC due to the fact that “the PDP is not acceptable for the 2027 wide elections”
• According to the contiguous past politician of Delta state, statesmanlike hopeful Atiku Abubakar is besides connected his mode retired of the PDP
• Legit.ng recalls that recently, Okowa and different governmental leaders successful Delta authorities exited the PDP for the APC, a improvement that has elicited notable reactions crossed Nigeria

Legit.ng writer Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering elections, politics, and governance successful Nigeria.

Asaba, Delta authorities - Former Delta authorities governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has said that erstwhile Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who was the 2023 statesmanlike campaigner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), volition soon permission the party.

Okowa said this connected Tuesday, April 29, during an interrogation connected Arise TV, monitored by Legit.ng.

Former Delta authorities governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has claimed that ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar is preparing to permission the PDP. Photo credit: Atiku Abubakar
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Atiku, 78, has tally unsuccessfully for president of Nigeria six times, successful 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, and 2023.

Political alignments person started to instrumentality signifier up of the 2027 wide elections successful Nigeria and Atiku is believed to beryllium starring a conjugation against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The conjugation includes Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, a erstwhile politician of Kaduna state; ex-minister Rotimi Amaechi; statesmanlike hopeful Peter Obi; among others.

Okowa said:

“I discussed the conjugation with Atiku, who is connected his mode retired of the PDP earlier we moved to the APC."

On the planned coalition, Okowa said:

"It does not look that a viable conveyance has been confirmed for that coalition, nor does it look that a conjugation could physique spot successful specified a abbreviated period."

2027 election: Okowa knocks Saraki

Meanwhile, Okowa deed back astatine erstwhile Senate President Bukola Saraki for faulting his defection.

Okowa said Saraki lacked the motivation close to criticise his determination to articulation the APC.

Okowa restated that defections of PDP members, including him and the politician (Sheriff Oborevwori), to the APC were a corporate determination of each governmental stakeholders successful the state.

He said:

“I didn’t expect idiosyncratic similar Senator Bukola Saraki to beryllium capable to talk astir maine due to the fact that helium besides moved to the APC earlier yet returning. I don’t deliberation helium has the motivation close to talk astir my defection astatine all."

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Keyamo: Delta was the psyche of PDP

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Festus Keyamo, the curate of aviation and aerospace development, said the PDP has lost its “soul” pursuing the defection of governmental heavyweights successful Delta authorities into the APC.

Keyamo explained that Delta authorities was 1 of the large funders of the PDP, adding that Oborevwori’s defection is simply a large boost for the APC up of the 2027 elections.

The curate asserted that the defection is besides important for the people of Delta, noting that it would assistance the authorities to align with the authorities astatine the centre.

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Source: Legit.ng