LAST week’s defection of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is already bearing fruits across party lines. While the All Progressives Congress (APC), which he left after barely four years of joining the party from the PDP, is still divided over how best to approach his sudden exit, the PDP, which he moved into last week, is faced with fresh anxieties over looming struggle for its presidential ticket.
Pundits say it will not be out of place to say both parties are currently on edge following Atiku’s defection. Not a few are also of the opinion that the decision of the former Vice President to dump the ruling party and pitch his tent with the opposition party at a time like this will definitely heat up the political landscape and his coming will further strengthen the troubled PDP, especially in the north and the southeast, where he is known to enjoy appreciable followership.
Unease in APC, PDP over Atiku
