Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and declared support for President Bola Tinubu's second-term bid.

Mr Abubakar was received into the APC on Thursday at the National Assembly by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, alongside other party leaders from the North-east geopolitical zone.

Introducing himself during the event, he said:

"My name is Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, but everyone calls me Abba. I am here today to formally announce my exit from my former party, where we worked in 2023, and my decision to join the APC," he said.

He explained that his decision to join the ruling pa...