Adamawa State Working Committee (SWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accorded former Vice President Atiku Abubakar a rousing reunion.

Atiku on Friday formally announced his exit from the All Progressives Congress (APC), the party he joined in 2014.

PDP supporters across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state, led by state chairman, Barrister Tahiru Shehu, received Atiku at the Yola International Airport at Noon, congratulating him for dumping the APC.

Shehu said they decided to welcome him home realising that he regretted joining APC.

He said their main reason for storming the airport was to extend an olive branch to him to come back to the house he built with others so that he could help return the PDP back to power in 2019.

Director General of Atiku Campaign Organisation, Mark Wosi, told reporters that they mounted pressure on Atiku to dump APC as the party was losing popularity among Nigerians.

He added that since Atiku had withdrawn his membership from the party, it was inevitable for his political supporters to do likewise.

According to him, the initial statement credited to Atiku that he would stay put in APC was no longer tenable since APC did not like his face.

But members of the Adamawa State chapter of APC, including its chieftains said Atiku’s withdrawal from the party would not affect its fortunes.

Some PDP stakeholders in the state advised Atiku to use his undoubted experience as a statesman to boost the fortunes of the party.

According to them, the party has two factions and parallel executive committees in the state.

Political pundits before now knew Atiku’s exit from APC was a matter time, as his body language had confirmed he was fed up with the ruling party. (TVC)

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