Dino Melaye Officially Dumps People’s Democratic Party, Berates Party for Inefficiency
By: Olufemi Orunsola
Citing the party’s inability to deliver Nigeria from what he described as “prevailing political cankerworms", former Kogi Senator and gubernnatorial candidate in the 2023 Governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports that the Nigerian politician in a resignation letter dated July 30 and addressed to the PDP Chairman of Ward 1 in Aiyetoro Gbede, Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Melaye announced his immediate withdrawal from the party and all its activities.
Senator Melaye wrote, “This decision has become imperative due to the lack of potency and capacity by the party to deliver the Nigerian people from the prevailing political cankerworms that have eaten deeply into the fabric of our dear nation."
He noted that, after deep reflection on the current state of the party, he could no longer, “in good conscience,” participate in its affairs or support its agenda.
Melaye is an ally of former vice president Atiku Abubakar who also resigned from the PDP earlier in the month.
Melaye and Atiku have not yet announced their next political move; however, they are expected to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
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