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Defection of Atiku’s son: Symbolic coup to APC, personal matter to family 

Defection of Atiku’s son: Symbolic coup to APC, personal matter to family 

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Oboh
Published on 2026-01-17 01:57:01

By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja

ABBA Abubakar did not look like a man making a routine political announcement. Standing inside the National Assembly complex in Abuja on Thursday, he spoke carefully, almost deliberately, as though aware that his words would echo far beyond party lines. 

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This was not merely a defection. It was a son publicly choosing a political path that diverged from his father’s, Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

For Abba, the decision was framed as personal, ideological, and final. For the country watching, it felt intimate, unsettling, and deeply symbolic.

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