Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He also promised to work for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
The ex-Vice President’s son announced his defection at the National Assembly in Abuja.
He was formally received by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin, and other APC leaders from the North-East.
In his remark at the forum, Abubakar described the switch to APC as historic and deeply personal.
He directed all coordinators and members of his political structure, formerly known as the Haske Atiku Organisation founded in 2022 to immediately join the APC and mobilise support for President Tinubu.
“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.
“Today, I’m here to formally announce my exit from my former party to the APC following the outstanding leadership style and quality of His Excellency, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin.
“With this development, I will work with Senator Barau to actualise the second-term bid of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu come 2027. To this effect, I’m directing all coordinators of my association to join the APC and work for President Tinubu,” he stated.
In his own remark, the APC National Vice Chairman (North-East), Mustapha Salihu, described the move as symbolic and far-reaching.
“Today is one of my happiest days. We are looking beyond old social and political cleavages. This young man has seen the policies and programmes of the Tinubu administration and decided to align with them,” Salihu added.