ATIKU: APC DEFECTION TO PDP SHOWS THERE IS HOPE THAT NIGERIA CAN BE RESCUED FROM APC MISRULE

LAGOS, Nigeria – Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has hailed the courage of the lawmakers who defected from the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP).

About 15 Senators left the APC for the PDP, while 36 members of the House of Representatives in the APC left for the PDP, CUUP and ADC.

In his message, Atiku said the decision of a significant number of members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives to leave the APC and decamp into the PDP clearly indicates that there is hope that the country can be rescued from the misrule of the APC government.

“The decision of a significant number of members of both the Senate and the House of Representatives to leave the APC and decamp into the PDP clearly indicates that there is hope that the country can be rescued from the misrule of the APC government”, he said on the social media.

“I want to extol the courage of those legislators for standing up for a mission of salvaging our democracy”, he said.

According to him, at such a time like this when the APC has brought “our country to an all-time low, it is commendable that these lawmakers have chosen to be on the right side of the moment and history shall keep a noble account of their exceptional courage.

“The choice of the PDP as a preferred destination is an endorsement of the kind of leadership the national chairman of the @OfficialPDPNig, Prince Uche Secondus has provided since assuming office”, Atiku said.

He recalled why he supported Saraki’s bid for Senate President on June 9, 2015. “I did so in light of the emerging lack of transparency and tyranny within the APC leadership. Today’s events have justified my position”, he said.