The campaign office of former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar debunks the story from a section of the media that frontline presidential aspirant for the 2019 election, Atiku has defected from the PDP. A press statement on Sunday describes the report as a malicious attempt to confuse the public about the aspiration of Atiku ahead of the forthcoming presidential primaries election of the PDP. For the avoidance of any doubts, Atiku remains the frontline aspirant for the presidential ticket of the PDP. The nationwide consultations continues this week with visits to the South West, North West and North Central zones of the country. The Campaign calls on supporters of Atiku to remain steadfast and see the contrived news of defection as an an attempt to distract it from the set task of winning the PDP ticket and the 2019 presidential election by the grace of God.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 26, 2018 17:03 UTC