Former Vice-President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has joined APC
and he is now considered the most high profile candidate in recent defection of politicians between the governing party PDP and
the APC. Alhaji Abubakar has previously left the PDP but rejoined and
sought to be the party's candidate in the 2011 elections, won by President
Jonathan. PDP has won every national election since the end of military rule in
1999. The governing party is deeply divided over whether
President Jonathan should seek re-election next year. The PDP has also lost its
majority in the house of representatives. In an interview with the BBC's
Newsday programme, Alhaji Abubakar denied that he was only switching sides so
he could run for president. "I really want to see a strong second party
for the party," he said.
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