Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong, a close associate of former vice president Atiku Abubakar, says he is not perturbed by the latter’s movement from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Atiku, on Sunday afternoon, announced rejoining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which he left in 2013, joining others to build the APC into a strong political force that wrestled power from the PDP in 2015.
The former vice president and Lalong had been very close friends in the PDP before moving to the APC, making pundits to list Lalong among governors Atiku had boasted would soon join him in his new political fold.
But, concurrent with when Atiku was announcing his movement into the PDP, Lalong told newsmen on Sunday in Jos that he would not leave the APC.
“We reached out to Atiku while building the APC structure in Plateau and received some help from him, but my loyalty is with the APC. My loyalty is with President Buhari and my people have endorsed him for a second term.
“Whatever happens in another party does not concern me. We are only waiting for the APC National Convention to endorse Buhari for a second tenure,” he said.
He, however, stated that it was the constitutional right of every Nigerian to decide which political group to associate with.