Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has formally joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the coalition-backed occasion he’s anticipated to align with forward of the 2027 elections.
Atiku made the announcement on Monday by way of his X deal with, posting a photograph of himself holding his ADC membership card with the transient caption, “It’s official.”
His transfer follows his July resignation from the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP), which had been mired in a protracted inner disaster.
Atiku resigned from the PDP two weeks after opposition politicians adopted and unveiled the ADC as their political platform forward of the 2027 presidential election.
Why Atiku dumped the PDP
Hours after his media aide, Paul Ibe, introduced his resignation from the PDP, Atiku defined the motive behind the transfer in a letter dated July 16.
Within the letter addressed to the Chairman of PDP Jada 1 Ward in Adamawa State, the previous Vice President
cited irreconcilable variations and a shift within the occasion’s course away from its founding rules.
“I’m writing to formally resign my membership from the Folks’s Democratic Occasion (PDP) with rapid impact,” he acknowledged.
Atiku wished the occasion and its management effectively of their future endeavors and thanked them for the assist and alternatives he acquired over time.
“I want the Occasion and its management all the perfect sooner or later. Thanks as soon as once more for the alternatives and assist,” he concluded.
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