Abba Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has been expelled from a political help group following his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Atiku Haske Organisation introduced his expulsion after rejecting his directive asking members of the group to defect to the APC and help President Bola Tinubu.
The group made it clear that Abba has no authority to resolve its political route or challenge directions on its behalf.
In an announcement launched in Abuja on Sunday, the initiator and convener of the organisation, Mai Nagge Bakari, stated Abba was by no means the founding father of the group and didn’t have any management place that gave him such powers.
In response to Bakari, Abba was solely invited to affiliate with the organisation and had no management over its affairs.
“We based the Atiku Haske Organisation and merely invited Abba to affix the group. He has neither contributed a naira to the actions of the organisation nor possesses its certificates of registration.”
Bakari added that the group was beneath no obligation to obey any directive issued by Abba.
“We’re due to this fact beneath no obligation to stick to any directive issued by him. Quite the opposite, he’s topic to our rules and has fallen wanting our expectations. He has accordingly been dismissed as a member,” he stated.
The organisation additionally rejected Abba’s name for members to defect to the APC and for the group to be renamed the Haske Bola Tinubu Organisation.
It insisted that its members had collectively agreed to go away the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) for the African Democratic Congress (ADC), the place Atiku Abubakar is anticipated to pursue his 2027 presidential ambition.
The group described Abba’s motion as a transparent violation of its resolutions, values, and inner agreements.
“The Atiku Haske Organisation shouldn’t be a celebration to, nor keen on, defecting to any political get together apart from the African Democratic Congress,” the assertion stated.
“We have been previously within the PDP and resolved collectively to maneuver to the ADC.”
Bakari declared Abba’s directive null and void, stressing that it had no impact on the organisation.
“What Abba has executed is opposite to our resolutions, values and rules, and he’s hereby expelled from the organisation,” he acknowledged.
The group additionally reaffirmed its loyalty to Atiku Abubakar, describing him as the perfect political determine to characterize its beliefs and future plans.
“We stay resolute in our conviction that His Excellency Atiku Abubakar is the perfect candidate to advance our targets,” the assertion added.
It additional challenged Abba to kind his personal political group if he wished to pursue a unique agenda and warned him in opposition to presenting himself as a member of the organisation.
“The directive issued by Abba is a nullity and is useless on arrival,” the group stated.
Abba had earlier introduced his defection to the APC on Thursday on the Nationwide Meeting complicated in Abuja.
He was obtained by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, alongside different APC leaders from the North-East.
Throughout the occasion, Abba pledged his help for President Tinubu’s second-term ambition and praised the management fashion of Senator Barau.
He additionally directed members of his political construction, the Haske Atiku Organisation based in 2022, to affix the APC and mobilise help for the Renewed Hope Agenda.
Following his defection, the group aligned with him was reportedly renamed the Haske Bola Tinubu Organisation, signalling its help for President Tinubu’s 2027 re-election bid.