Olalekan Adetayo, AbujaThe Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Friday said it was good that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar left the All Progressives Congress early. He said the party was already aware that Atiku would leave in December. READ ALSO: Atiku leaves APCHe said if given the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party, the former Vice-President is not a threat to President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. El-rufai said these in an interview with State House correspondents after joining Buhari in observing juma’at at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. READ ALSO: Atiku now a free man, says PDPHe described Atiku as a serial defector and presidential aspirant, saying no governor will leave the party with him.

Source: Punch November 24, 2017 14:13 UTC