Lagos APC hails Atiku’s son’s defection as “generational statement” against father’s politics

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has characterized the decision of Abubakar Atiku Abubakar, son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, to join the APC as a major political development with significant implications.

In a statement by its spokesman, Seye Oladejo, the party described the move as a substantial blow to the credibility of the former vice president, asserting that the defection “speaks louder than any political rebuttal or press conference.”

The Lagos APC argued that the son’s choice to reject his father’s current party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), raises deeper questions about trust, conviction, and leadership.

The statement critiqued Atiku Abubakar’s political career as one “marked by repeated defections and unrelenting personal ambition for the presidency,” suggesting this history has fostered public skepticism about his ideological consistency.

It framed the son’s decision to take a different path as a “generational statement” against what it termed “recycled ambitions and politics without clear conviction.”

Furthermore, the party presented the defection as an endorsement of its own governance and the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, reflecting growing confidence in the ruling party’s direction.

Welcoming the younger Abubakar, the Lagos APC urged Nigerians to view the development as a sign of shifting political tides, declaring that the era of “political tourism and ambition without ideology” is fading.

The party concluded that credible national leadership must first inspire confidence at home—a test it claims Nigerians are now applying with greater discernment.

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled:  Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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