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The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate has denied rumors that he was about to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and stated that he was not leaving the party.

Atiku urged on a coalition to overthrow the APC-led government in 2027 when addressing female members of the party’s Board of Trustees, BoT, who came to visit him in an attempt to prevent the party from collapsing.

He stated that the coalition movement was essential to overthrowing the ruling party and reconstructing the nation, in addition to being a political tactic.

The women, led by the former Minister of Women Affairs and ex-National Women Leader of the party, Hajia Inna Ciroma, were assured by the former vice president that the coalition was possible and would produce positive outcomes.

He went on to say that the Nigeria Peoples Party (NPP) and the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), which ruled during the Second Republic, had forged an alliance known as the NPN-NPP pact. He said that the PDP’s name would not change once the coalition was created.

According to reports, he updated the women on the state of the pan-Nigerian alliance he was forming with other leaders and interested parties from various political backgrounds and geographical areas.

Additionally, Atiku told the women that the movement was driven by Nigerians who wanted to rebuild and retake their country from all over the country.

Inna Ciroma, the PDP women’s BoT leader, discussed the purpose of the visit, saying: “We, as PDP Board of Trustees, BoT, members—the conscience of the party—decided to take this bold decision to come into the crisis the party is going through.

“We, as mothers, are worried and disturbed by what the party is going through at the moment. We are disturbed that the party has no leadership, and any organisation without leadership cannot stand. We are worried and disturbed. We cannot fold our arms and see things go bad in our great party.

“We decided to visit former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to complain about what we are not happy with, to brainstorm with him on the way forward, on how to save the party from total collapse. We told him there must be leadership and direction in the party. We had very fruitful discussions with the 2023 presidential candidate of the party.

“He told us he was not leaving the party, as he discussed much on the coalition and the need for us to key in. We also discussed party funding, that parties should be well-funded so that no single person can control it.’’

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