{"id":120713,"date":"2025-07-16T15:39:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=120713"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T14:39:30","slug":"breaking-again-atiku-dumps-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/breaking-again-atiku-dumps-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Again, Atiku dumps PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has again dumped the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the third time that Atiku, a founding member of PDP will decamp from the party.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a letter addressed to The Chairman of PDP, Jada 1 Ward Jada Local Government Area, Adamawa State, dated July 14, 2025, which was received same day with the title: \u201cLetter of Resignation of Membership\u201d, Atiku said that he is painfully parting ways with the party due to the recent political trajectory in PDP which is at divergent with the vision of its founding fathers.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He wrote, \u201cI am writing to formally resign my membership from the People&#8217;s Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI 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.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHowever, 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, recognizing the irreconcilable differences that have emerged.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI wish the party and its leadership all the best in the future. Thank you once again for the opportunities and support\u201d.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recall that the former Vice President had in 2006, dumped the PDP for the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) founded by President Bola Tinubu where he had an unsuccessful shot at the presidency.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2014, Atiku led five PDP governors out of the party due to irreconcilable political difference with the then former President Goodluck Jonathan who was seeking second tenure in office.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Atiku later formed the New PDP which\u00a0 joined the coalition that gave birth to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He later took part in the presidential election primary of APC but lost to late former President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Atiku abandoned the PDP for a long sojourn in Dubai but returned to pick the presidential ticket of the party in 2023 but lost the election to Buhari.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Disenchanted with the power play and struggle for the control of party in PDP, where he has been tactically edged out by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike ahead of 2027 general election, Atiku started mobilizing other aggrieved politician for a mega political coalition aimed at unseating the ruling APC in the 2027 elections.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a chief initiator, he engaged key opposition figures like Peter Obi, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and Rotimi Amaechi, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, Aminu Tambuwal, Gabriel Suswan, Liyel Imoke and others to build a united front.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Atiku was instrumental in steering the coalition toward adopting the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its platform, helping establish an interim leadership led by Sen. 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