Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the 2023 general election, who has decamped to the Alliance Democratic Congress (ACD), has resigned his membership from the PDP.
His resignation was communicated in a letter dated Monday, July 14, 2025, addressed to the chairman, PDP, Jada 1 ward, Jada Local Government Area of Adamawa State and the copy of the letter was shared on X by the Special Assistant on Media to the former Vice President, Abdul Rasheeth, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
The letter read, “I am writing to formally resign my membership from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect.
“I would like to take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude for the opportunities I have been given by the party.
“Serving two full terms as Vice President of Nigeria and being a presidential candidate twice has been one of the most significant chapters of my life.
“As a founding father of this esteemed party, it is indeed heartbreaking for me to make this decision.
“However, 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. It is with a heavy heart that I resign, recognising the irreconcilable differences that have emerged.
“I wish the party and its leadership all the best in the future. Thank you once again for the opportunities and support.”
PrimeStar revealed that this is the fifth times Atiku has changed political parties.
Atiku was a member of PDP till 2006 when he left for Action Congress (AC) to contest the 2007 presidential election, the election he lost to PDP’s Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
Atiku returned to PDP in 2009 after clashing with the current president Bola Ahmed Tinubu and sought the PDP presidential ticket in 2011 but lost to the former President Goodluck Jonathan.
In 2014, Atiku defected again to the newly formed APC, citing lack of internal democracy in the PDP and contested the APC presidential primary but lost to Muhammadu Buhari, who later defeated Jonathan in the general election.
Atiku returned to the PDP in 2017, criticising the APC for failing to deliver on its promises and sidelining party stakeholders and secured the PDP’s presidential ticket for the 2019 election but lost to Buhari.
Now, he resigned from PDP on July 16, 2025, with the hope of picking the 2027 ADC presidential ticket.
