2023: Massive Boost For PDP As 5 Political Parties Collapse Structure For Atiku

• Five political parties have merged their structures into the PDP and have thrown their support behind Atiku.

• The decision was disclosed at a rally in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.

• The PDP also welcomed defectors from other political parties.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that ahead of the February 25 presidential election, five political parties have collapsed their structures into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and thrown weight behind the party’s flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar.

This online media platform gathered that the parties are the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Action Alliance (AA), Action Peoples Party (APP), National Rescue Movement (NRM), and the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

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The parties disclosed their decision at the grand finale rally of the PDP held at the Ribadu Square in the Jimeta area in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.

Speaking on behalf of the other national chairmen of the political parties, the National Chairman of the APM, Yusuf Dantete said the parties arrived at the decision to adopt the PDP presidential torch bearer because he is the right man for the job

He, however, said the parties will participate in the governorship and national and state assembly elections.

The PDP also received decampees from various political parties, including some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council.

The rally was attended by six governors of the PDP — Governors Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Ahmadu Fintiri (Adamawa), Godwin Obaseki (Edo) and Bala Mohammed (Bauchi).

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This platform reports that Atiku and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, are rounding up their campaigns seven days before the presidential election slated for February 25.

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