The former Vice-President and 2023 Presidential aspirants, Atiku Abubakar has said he has no plan to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Recently, there have been reports that Atiku is finalising moves to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Atiku while reacting to the reports in a statement issued on Saturday through his media office, said the former vice president remains a bonafide member of the PDP.
The Atiku’s media office described the reports as a “fallacy”, urging the good people of Nigerian to disregard them.
“We have observed that some news platforms are peddling unverified information that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is abandoning the Peoples Democratic Party,” the statement reads.
“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.”
According to the he media office, Atiku has been persistently calling for a coalition of opposition political parties in Nigeria ahead of the 2027 general election to oust the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
It was gathered that the coalition would accommodate all opposition parties, including the PDP.
“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,” the media office said.
“We, therefore, wish to state unequivocally that Atiku remains a principal bonafide member of the PDP, the main opposition party.”
