by ‘Jola Sotubo

The man of the moment in Nigeria’s political scene is unarguably the nation’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

This is due to the fact that, on February 2, he defected from the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which he helped build, to the rival All Progressives Congress (APC).

Nigerians from all facets of life obviously had questions for the former VP, especially since he had made such a move before into the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) with a view to contesting in the 2011 elections.

YNaija hosted Atiku to a Twitter interview and citizens got the chance to ask him questions about his defection and his plans for the upcoming 2015 elections.

Read some of the tweets below:

There has to be a party before aspirations. We’re busy building APC at the moment @YNaija2015 #YNaijaMeetsAtiku

— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) February 17, 2014

Could we have done better? Yes. Did we do well, yes. Our telecoms project is a big legacy, for example. @YNaija2015 #YNaijaMeetsAtiku

— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) February 17, 2014

As a citizen from the North East, I get the feeling that the crises is being treated as ’their’ problem. @YNaija2015 #YNaijaMeetsAtiku

— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) February 17, 2014

Very importantly too, our banks need to grow to support SMEs. That’s why we drove banking consolidation @YNaija2015 #YNaijaMeetsAtiku

— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) February 17, 2014

@atiku: The VP cannot drive change, honestly.A VP executes the president’s agenda as assigned by the president @YNaija2015 #YNaijaMeetsAtiku

— Humble Me (@UsssyStrydurrr) February 17, 2014