The People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s Presidential Candidate at the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar, said he legally changed his name from Siddiq Abubakar.

A statement released in Abuja by his media aide, Paul Ibe, said it is on record that the change of name of the former Vice President reverting to Atiku Abubakar from Siddiq Abubakar is well documented in an affidavit dated 18th of August 1973, spanning over 50 years.

The Atiku Media Office said an attempt by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to drag the former Vice President into forgery must be seen as an effort to minimise allegations of forgeries against President Bola Tinubu.

While asking the President and his handlers to desist from further comparing him and Atiku, the statement said all the names that Atiku Abubakar bears are traceable to his family tree.