Atiku hits PDP leaders as Oborevwori defection unsettles party

 Atiku hits PDP leaders as Oborevwori defection unsettles party

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday sought to rationalise his frequent switching of political parties and allegiances, saying defections, alliances and realignments are part and parcel of democratic politics.

“We’ve seen them before, and we’ll see them again,” he said in response to criticism of his planned coalition with some politicians ahead of the 2027 elections, and this week’s mass defection of his core supporters in Delta State from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Among the Delta defectors was Atiku’s running mate in the 2023 presidential election, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa.

Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Umar Damagum, had called the Thursday defection shocking and painful to the party.

The defection seems to have only added to the myriad of crises ravaging the party.

It emerged yesterday that confusion still surrounds the office of the PDP National Secretary