.Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has revealed how
President Goodluck Jonathan repeatedly appealed to him to
dump the All Progressives Congress, APC, and return to the
ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
Atiku said the president pleaded with him three times, once
during a surprise midnight visit to his house.
The former VP made the revelation in an interview with the
Hausa service of the BBC, during which he also explained
why he has not been very visible in the campaign rallies of
his party’s presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari.
Mr. Abubakar said he turned down the personal request of
President Jonathan to return to the PDP on three separate
occasions.
He said the last was in Abuja last Friday when the President
paid him a surprise midnight visit.
He said on that day, he received speaker Aminu Tambuwal
and ex-military leader, Ibrahim Babangida, and they held
fruitful discussions.
“In the evening I went to bed early, but at around 12 am, I
was told the president was in my sitting room, so I came
down and after exchanging pleasantries, I asked him to
what I deserved such a visit and he said he just came back
to still plead with me for support,” Atiku said.
“He said I need to go back to the PDP because we built the
party and we are its founding fathers, and that we needed
to go back and rebuild it.
“I told him this is the third time you are asking me to return
to the PDP and my answer has always been the same; I am
not going back,” Atiku said.
On speculations that the President also suggested an
interim government to the former Vice President, Mr.
Abubakar said the matter never came up.
“He did not bring it up, and I also did not,” he said. “We just
spoke about politics and the security situation in the
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