Abba Atiku joins APC in Adamawa, pledging support for President Bola Tinubu and endorsing his 2027 re-election bid
Abba Atiku, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has officially joined the All Progressives Congress and declared that no political party can defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.
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He collected his APC membership card on Monday at Gwadabawa Ward in Yola North Local Government Area.
Speaking to journalists, Abba Atiku said he joined the ruling party to contribute to what he described as the “best economic and human reforms” under President Tinubu’s administration.
“I want to make it very clear that nobody or any political party can stop President Bola Tinubu from returning to Aso Rock come 2027. Nigerians have seen his good work; he is not a tribalist, he don’t make appointments based on religion or region, but his decisions are purely on merit,” he said.
Abba added that his decision was motivated by the government’s infrastructure and human development projects across the country.
“The president needs your support to continue with the good work. We should mobilise more people and beyond party affiliations to support our president,” he said.
The APC Zonal Vice Chairman for Adamawa Central, Alhaji Isa Bagalti, who handed over the membership card, said Abba Atiku’s defection had ended speculation that the APC could lose the 2027 election.
“It is now clear to people that there is no party in Nigeria or presidential candidate that can face our president at the poll come 2027,” Bagalti said.
A top APC chieftain in the state, Alhaji Jamil Yusuf, also described President Tinubu as unchallenged ahead of the next presidential election.
He dismissed other aspirants as “wishful thinkers” lacking the competence to occupy the office.
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Abba Atiku, previously a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party and serving Commissioner for Works and Energy Development under Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, joins his father who is pursuing the presidency on the platform of the African Democratic Congress despite no members of Atiku Abubakar’s family currently remaining in the party.
