Abba Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a move aimed at mobilizing support for the re-election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in 2027.
Abba Atiku formally joined the ruling party on Thursday evening in Abuja, where he was received by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, and the APC National Vice Chairman (North East), Mustapha Salihu.
Following his defection, Abba announced a rebranding of the political organization he founded. The group, originally established in 2022 as the Atiku Haske Organisation, has been renamed the Haske Bola Tinubu Organisation to align with his new political direction.
However, the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar described his son’s decision as personal to him.
“The decision of my son, Abba Abubakar, to join the APC is entirely personal. In a democracy, such choices are neither unusual nor alarming, even when family and politics intersect.”
