Nigeria: Atiku Mulls Defection to APC

18 December 2013

Indications emerged today that former Vice President Atiku Abubabar may have finally yielded to the invitation to switch his party loyalty from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) offered by the opposition All Peoples Congress (APC).

Abubakar who played host to a high power delegation of the APC leadership at his Asokoro residence told journalists after meeting that they had made "fruitful discussions" over his defection and that he would formally communicate his decision after consultation with his political associates.

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