The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that many aggrieved loyalists of Atiku had left the party in protest over the conduct of the PDP presidential primaries that ushered in President Goodluck Jonathan as the party’s flag bearer in the April polls.
NAN also gathered that the influx into the PDP in the state may not be unconnected with reports in the local media indicating that Atiku had directed his supporters to work for the party’s success in the forthcoming council and governorship elections.
The spokes man of the former vice president, Mallam Garba Shehu, confirmed the development on Saturday, saying Atiku had always stressed the need for a united PDP in Adamawa.
`` Atiku’s position has always been that there should be one united PDP working for the success of the party at all levels,’’ Garba said.
Also commenting on the development, Alhaji Usman Ibrahim, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Election Matters, said on Saturday in Yola that the former vice president had returned to the PDP since 2010.
`` This development of Atiku’s supporters defecting from other political parties to work for the PDP is nothing new.
`` Our belief is that Atiku returned to PDP in 2010 and since then has been working for the party,’’ Usman said.(NAN)
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