The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iliya Damagum, has stated that former vice president Atiku Abubakar’s decision to resign from the party is consistent with his past actions.
According to him, this is not the first time Atiku has dumped the PDP for other parties.
Speaking to newsmen in Bauchi on Friday, Damagum stated that the party has been accustomed to Atiku’s movements into and out of the party, adding that the party remains stronger without the former vice president.
According to the PDP’s acting chairman, Atiku’s actions are not a significant threat, insisting that the party would move forward stronger as the major opposition party in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain, Dele Momodu, has reaffirmed his continued support for the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.
Naijaonpoint reports that Momodu, during an interview on ARISE Television on Thursday, July 17, 2025, stated that everyone is afraid of Atiku.
The veteran journalist insisted that his support for Atiku is based on a strategic understanding of Nigeria’s political reality, and the fact that he (Atiku) has remained an issue for the All Progressives Congress (APC) means they are running away from something.
He said, “Everybody is afraid of Atiku, and that is the reason why I, Dele Momodu, I will support him. The fact that he’s the main issue tells me that there’s something that the ruling government is running away from.
“Any reasonable person will know that today, Atiku is the most formidable politician from the northern part of Nigeria.”
Dele Momodu also stated that the APC plans to hijack the country and turn it into a one-party dictatorship.
He added, “What APC is doing to Nigerians now is to hijack the country, turn the country into a one-party dictatorship. And so what do we do? The next is strategy. So what we’re doing is about strategy. And it’s not something you talk about on television. But they can feel it. You can see them. Oh, ADC will never win. Whether we’re going to win or not, let’s wait till 2027.
“Let us run a proper democracy. Not a democracy in which we all report only to one source and one source alone. So it’s not a question of somebody running you out of your own property.”