Nigeria's former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and five other governors who walked out of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Convention that held in Abuja and went to form a faction of the party have been screaming that they are doing this for Democracy.The governors who aligned with Atiku are: Governor Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu of Niger state, governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto state, governor Musa Kwankwaso of Kano state, and governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state. Others are Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa and Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state, who were barred from attending the convention and former Kwara governor,Bukola Saraki.Abubakar Baraje was elected chairman, while former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola was elected Secretary of this new faction of PDP.
