Senator Bulkachuwa, Dumps APC For PDP; Says He Will Overwhelmingly Support Atiku

By Gideon Njoku

From Bauchi State and the hallowed Chambers of the Senate came a strong endorsement for the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar.

One of the most respected Senators, Adamu Bulkachuwa, has dumped the All Progressive Congress. APC, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Bulkachuwa, 82, the Senator  representing Bauchi North Senatorial District, confirmed his defection when he raised his PDP membership card and declared that he would “overwhelmingly support”  the victory of Atiku in the 2023 Presidential election.

The defection to PDP and endorsement of Atiku couldn’t have come at a better time for the Presidential candidate than now when Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, PDP, is threatening not to work for Atiku over his alleged marginalization by Atiku. He said Atiku doesn’t want him because he dared contest against him during the PDP Primary which Atiku won.

Already the five Governors of the PDP, led by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, who are at loggerheads with the PDP leadership and Atiku, have visited Bala in a bid to lure him to their side.

Receiving them, the Governor declared he was one of them, and was delighted to see them. Those who visited with Wike include Governors Samuel Ortom, Benue, Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Enugu.

Bala: “Today I am very, very happy  to receive my brothers, the Governors of the G-5. They call themselves the integrity Group. I an supposed to be with them, but they excommunicated me for some reasons best known to them. Bur I am highly connected with them.”

Senator Bulkachuwa is the Senate Committee Chairman, Foreign Affairs, and husband to the immediate past President of the Court of Appeal.