Atiku dumps PDP, gives reasons for exit
With his latest resignation, Atiku appears to be ready to formalise his alliance with the ADC coalition.
byMonday Ateboh July 16, 2025 Reading Time: 2 mins read
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a political platform he helped to found in 1998, citing a departure from the party’s founding principles.
In a letter dated July 14 and addressed to the chairman of the PDP in his Jada 1 Ward, Jada Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Atiku said his resignation was with immediate effect.
“I find it necessary to part ways due to the current trajectory the Party has taken, which I believe diverges from the foundational principles we stood for,” he wrote. “It is with a heavy heart that I resign, recognizing the irreconcilable differences that have emerged.”
Atiku, who served as Nigeria’s vice president between 1999 and 2007, expressed gratitude to the PDP for the platform it provided him to serve and twice contest the presidency—in 2019 and 2023.
perennial presidential contender, Atiku has sought Nigeria’s top job six times since 1993 under different political banners, including the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the PDP, the AC, and the APC.
Although he formally returned to the PDP ahead of the 2019 elections, Atiku had, in recent months, become visibly frustrated with the party’s internal wrangling and its failure to reposition as a credible opposition following the 2023 defeat to the ruling APC.
Party insiders say he had grown disillusioned with the leadership’s handling of post-election reconciliation efforts and zoning disputes.
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