Ex-Minister Godsday Orubebe Resigns From PDP
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A former Minister of Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party.
He made this known in a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the party,
lyorchia Ayu, on Monday.
In a copy of his resignation letter, the former minister expressed dismay over the emergence of a northerner, Atiku Abubakar, as the party’s presidential candidate.
Part of the letter read, “I write to formally inform you of my
resignation from the PDP. This I have communicated to the Chairman of Burutu
Ward 3, Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State, effective 20. June 2022.
“Consequently, I am by this letter intimating you of my total
withdrawal from all activities at the Ward, Local, State, and National levels
of the PDP.
“I am highly honored and privileged to have been part
of a political party that successfully transformed a pariah nation to one that
commanded respect in the comity of nations. When we lost the Presidential
election in 2015 in bewildering circumstances, to say the least, it was my
belief that the party would use the opposition period to re-strategise with
the aim of taking back power at the earliest opportunity.
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“However, the present situation in the party does not inspire confidence
that the party is ready to regain power in 2023. Against the mood of the
nation and in complete disregard for the provisions of the party’s
constitution, the party, threw the zoning of the Presidency open, which
created a situation that led to the emergence of a Northerner as the party’s
Presidential flagbearer, thus making the two topmost positions in the party,
after your emergence as the National Chairman, to be occupied by Northerners,
contrary to section 7.3(c) of the party’s constitution.
“I salute
and commend the Governor of Rivers State, His Excellency, Nyesom Wike for his
efforts and gallantry at the primaries. Posterity will be kind to him when the
history of the party is written.
“There are lots to be said, but
out of respect for the party, I leave some stories untold at this time.
My
belief in the sanctity of Nigeria is unshaken and I will continually work for
her progress and development even if it through another route.”
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