Atiku Counter Okowa, saying ‘I am committed to PDP

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has put aside a movement away from the people’s Democratic Party (PDP).

In a statement issued on Tuesday by his aide, the former Vice President said he remained committed to PDP and did not have plans to join other parties.

Atiku said he was not disturbed by the defense of the former Governor of the State Delta, Ifeanya Okowa, told the Congress of all Progressive (APC).

PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 election said he would not regret anyone for the choice of their political platform.

The statement reads: “Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has no grudges; he has said that, and he means.

“As a Democrats, he subscribed to universality and constitutionality of freedom of association, which is one of the pillars of democracy, without which democracy has no meaning.

“We have discussed the issue of the coalition, and remember that we have a statement about that effect; Alhaji Atiku Abubakar did not leave PDP, and he had said clearly.

“As for those who talked about him to leave PDP, we don’t know where they got it.”

Okowa, a couple who was running in Atiku in the last general election, had been in a program on TV Arise before on Tuesday, said the former vice president was out of PDP.

The former governor officially joined APC on Monday.

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