It has come and gone that 52 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the National Assembly defected into the Peoples Democratic Party. Whether or not the ruling APC has magic wand of arresting the impending sweep is a different ball-game. For instance, many Nigerians voted for the APC in 2015 with the expectation that the new ruling party will cleanse the Augean stable. Like the PDP, Atiku has been in and out of power at the very high level. He will be an asset to the coalescing opposition to the APC as the 2019 election beckons.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 30, 2018 12:00 UTC