Nigeria: Why I Quit PDP for APC - Atiku

2 February 2014

After weeks of speculation, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Mr. Abubakar said he is now a member of the opposition coalition, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and that he will hand in his resignation letter to the PDP on Monday.

Coming amid the turbulence that has since engulfed the ruling PDP for months, the former vice president said he left the party because it has "lost touch with Nigerians", and has failed to resolve its many crises, mainly instigated by its leadership.

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