Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that his son, Abba Abubakar, joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) based on personal conviction and not due to any influence from him. On January 15, Abba announced his decision to align with the APC in support of President Bola Tinubu, his father’s opponent in the 2023 presidential election. He also renamed his political group from Atiku Haske Organisation to Haske Bola Tinubu Organisation. “The decision of my son, Abba Abubakar, to join the APC is entirely personal,” Abubakar wrote in a post on X. Atiku was the PDP’s presidential candidate in the 2019 and 2023 elections, losing first to late President Muhammadu Buhari and later to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, both of the APC.

Source: The Guardian January 16, 2026 10:10 UTC