Atiku Rubbishes APC-PDM Defection Rumors

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar
has reacted to speculation that he
had plans of defecting from the All
Progressives Congress (APC) to the
Peoples Democratic Movement in
order to realise his presidential
ambition.
According to the former Vice President, who is a
presidential aspirant, he has no intention of leaving
the APC for PDM or any other party.
This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday,
October 28, 2014, by his media office, made
available to Premium Times.
Atiku Abubakar
The statement reads in part: " Our attention
has been drawn to a recent
publication in the Nigerian Pilot
newspaper, which alleges that APC
Chieftain and presidential aspirant,
Atiku Abubakar, intends to "dump the
opposition party (APC) for the
Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM ".
" This information is not only
egregiously false, but our
investigations have traced it to a
senior APC member from the
Northeast zone, who is working to
further the presidential ambitions of
another aspirant within the party. He
is also known to be working with
certain elements in the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP.
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"Sadly, this is not the first time that
the Nigerian Pilot newspaper has
yielded itself as a tool for the dirty
machinations of this particular
unscrupulous fellow. The Atiku Media
Office has over the past few months
had to issue a number of rejoinders
against falsehoods of such low
quality published by the newspaper .
" Atiku Abubakar believes in the
'Change' message of the APC. He
believes that the party is the force
that will enable Nigerians to vote the
PDP out of power come 2015. He
believes that APC is progress."
Atiku's media office therefore called on members of
the public to completely disregard the information
and any other publication about Atiku on the said
newspaper.
On Wednesday, September 24, 2014, Atiku declared
his intention to run for the post of President
in the forthcoming 2015 elections.
He later picked the presidential nomination form at
the All Progressives Congress (APC) national
headquarters in Abuja.