Nigeria, April 26 -- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he holds no grudges against his running mate in the 2023 presidential election, Ifeanyi Okowa, and others, who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

He said every Nigerian has the freedom of association under the constitution, adding that defection is part of politics.

Atiku stated this in a statement he posted on his official X account on Friday, in reaction to the recent mass defection of PDP members in Delta State to the APC.

Mr Okowa, the immediate past governor of Delta State, alongside his successor, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, commissioners, local government chairpersons and PDP leaders in the st...