Following the recent uproar over a Buhari's minister's pledge of allegiance to Atiku Abubakar , writer, Ethelbert Okere analysis the unpredictable allegiance. Ever since he formally declared the restructuring debate open, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has taken the center stage on national discourse. As against expectations in some quarters, the restructuring issue has seized the entire nation with the former vice president playing a role that looks like that of a moderator. But two different, though related, events last week brought in a fresh vista on the growing Atiku phenomenon. On Wednesday, September 6, 2017, Atiku in an interview with the Voice of America (VOA) Hausa service accused the administration of President Muhamadu Buhari of sidelining him. His words (according to reports of local newspapers that monitored the radio interview – see, for example, the Nation of September 8, 2017, page4): “Honestly speaking, I am still a member of the APC; I was pa...