Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has predicted the return of former Vice-President, Abubakar Atiku, to the All Progressive Congress, APC, by 2019.
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Atiku on Friday, announced his defection from the ruling party to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, under which platform he was elected Vice President with Olusegun Obasanjo as President in 1999 and 2003.
The ex-VP and El-Rufai have been having a running battle in recent time.
And reacting to Atiku’s defection while fielding questions from newsmen after joining President Muhammadu Buhari for the Friday Juma’at service at the State House, Abuja, the governor literarily said the defection was good riddance to bad rubbish even as he predicted the return of the former Vice-President to the APC fold by 2019.
He said, “I have heard about what the former Vice President said about leaving the APC. We knew he was going to leave in December, but he has left in November which is good because the earlier he leaves for where he belongs, the better.
“He has changed political parties a few times; there is nothing surprising. Before the 2019 elections if situation changes and he thinks he can get the ticket in 2019 (in APC) he will come back. That is what he has done a few times.”
