Jonathan, Atiku reconciles, meets to plan 2019 Presidency

The truth of the saying that there is no permanent enemy in politics but permanent interest is not far fetched recently as Politicians of controversial differences are on reconciliation missions, visiting each other just as Nigeria general elections draw near.

Former Nigeria vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, is on the verge of dumping the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), after meeting  with former President, Goodluck Jonathan.

Reports have it that the meeting was held at the instance of Atiku, who is reportedly considering offers from PDP chieftains to return to the party.

Earlier, former President Jonathan was said to have advised Atiku to consider returning to the PDP early enough, as he has to be a member for a period of time, before he could be eligible to contest for political office.

“Atiku was advised to return early to enable him to fulfil the eligibility condition in the party’s constitution and also have ample time to integrate his political structure into the PDP’s,” a source privy to the meeting said.

It was made clear to Atiku in the meeting , that he stood a better chance to realise his ambition in the PDP than the APC, since President Muhammadu Buhari looked set to be given a right of first refusal by his party’s leadership.

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