Former Vice President Atiku joins APC, says PDP is beyond redemption

A former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party.

Abubakar said his resignation letter would be delivered to the PDP on Monday (today).

He also said, in a statement he personally signed, that he was joining the opposition political party, the All Progressives Congress.

The statement came after the nationwide consultation that the former Vice-President embarked on in the last few weeks.

The consultation was as a result of the visit of the APC leaders to his Abuja residence on December 18, 2013. The APC leaders had asked him to ditch the ruling party.

In the statement, Abubakar listed some of the grievances he had against the PDP to include the refusal of the leadership of the party to listen to his numerous complaints.

For example, he said that in 2006, he and his supporters were pushed out of the PDP, a party they worked tirelessly with other compatriots to build as a vehicle for restoring democracy to our country.

But he said they later returned to the PDP in 2009 when a new leadership of the party promised a new direction.

Abubakar, however, regretted that this was not done.

Abubakar said, “Sadly, however, those promises have not been kept. In addition, the PDP continues to be beset with many crises, mostly leadership-induced crises.

“We have, therefore, concluded that that party (PDP) cannot be redeemed. In short the PDP has abandoned Nigerians, the very people who gave it life and many electoral victories.

“It has since lost touch with Nigerians and efforts made by many well-meaning members and stakeholders to bring it back to the vision of its founders have been rebuffed.

“To demonstrate the seriousness of the challenges and bring public attention to it, I and some other leaders and stakeholders, staged a walkout during the party’s last convention on August 30.”

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