Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has expressed regret over his involvement in the creation of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the party has failed to improve Nigeria’s situation since assuming power.
Speaking at a press conference organised by the African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Thursday, Atiku said he now regrets being among the political leaders who formed the APC in 2014 to unseat former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
According to him, the coalition that led to the formation of the APC was driven by concerns that Nigeria’s democracy and governance had become flawed at the time.
However, he argued that the country’s current challenges have worsened under the present administration.
“We came together and formed APC because we felt democracy was faulty in 2014,” Atiku said, noting that insecurity and economic difficulties were among the key issues that motivated the merger.
The APC emerged from a coalition involving the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), alongside defectors from other political platforms.
The alliance successfully defeated the incumbent government in the 2015 general elections.
Atiku maintained that the problems the coalition sought to address particularly insecurity and economic hardship remain unresolved and have intensified compared to the period before the party came to power.
