BREAKING! Atiku Abubakar Resigns From APC, As Femi Fani Kayode Hails

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former Nigeria Vice President has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Abubakar’s media aide, Mr Paul Ibe, announced this in his twitter handle early hours of Friday.

“H.E. @atiku has resigned from the All Progressives Congress,” the tweet read.
Mr Abubakar contested against the president, Muhammed Buhari alongside three others for the ticket of the APC in 2014.

Atiku, who was a Vice President to Olusegun Obasanjo when Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999 had in 2015 lost out in the APC primary and collapsed his structure to support incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari.

Meanwhile, former minister, Femi Fani Kayode has hailed the decision of Atiku to dump the APC.

Femi Fani Kayode in his twitter handle wrote: “Congrats to @atiku for dumping the plague called APC and coming back home to the PDP family.

“It took courage to take that bold step and I commend him for it”.

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