The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Adamawa State chapter, has stated that the party is not shaken by the defection of its former presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

The state organising secretary, Hamza Madagali, told Punch that Atiku’s exit would not affect its fortunes during the 2027 general elections.

He pointed out that out of the over 286 state executives cut across local governments and wards, only three members joined Atiku’s African Democratic Congress (ADC).

“The Jada Local Government PDP chairman, the women leader, and one other ward executive member were the only three that joined the former vice president in his new party,” he disclosed.

Madagali insisted that the PDP in Adamawa State is an institution that can not be dismantled overnight, pointing out that the party represented the hope of the Adamawa people.

“Adamawa PDP shares have been over-subscribed by the people, so collapsing such a great institution built by people is not an individual task,” he stated.

Also speaking, a top party chieftain from Michika Local Government, Luka Tizhe Tumba, said that the former vice president’s exit from PDP was a prayer answered by God.

“He had been an obstacle to the party any time, especially during elections, because the people of Adamawa State have not seen his political benefit from the days he was vice president and even now,” he declared.

Tumba, a top leader of the party in Michika, the biggest local government in Adamawa with 16 wards, said that only the exit of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri can ground PDP in Adamawa State.

“Other political big names in Adamawa State are like commanders without troops. How can such commanders go into the battlefield?” he queried