{"id":70809,"date":"2025-07-17T12:16:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T12:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70809"},"modified":"2025-07-17T12:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T12:16:34","slug":"makinde-reacts-to-atikus-resignation-from-pdp-says-party-now-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/17\/makinde-reacts-to-atikus-resignation-from-pdp-says-party-now-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Makinde Reacts to Atiku\u2019s Resignation from PDP, Says Party Now Free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has described the resignation of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as a form of \u201cliberation\u201d for the party, stating that it is better for internal obstacles to give way than to hold the party back.<\/p>\n<p>Atiku, the PDP\u2019s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, officially announced his exit from the party in a letter dated July 14, 2025, addressed to the PDP chairman in Jada 1 Ward, Adamawa State.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, Atiku said the party had strayed from its founding ideals, describing his decision to leave as \u201cpainful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His resignation comes shortly after he aligned with a coalition of opposition leaders who have adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC), as their new political platform ahead of the 2027 elections.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Akure during the 10th Coronation Anniversary Colloquium of the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, Governor Makinde said Atiku\u2019s departure poses no threat to the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitics is a game of interest. I don\u2019t think Atiku\u2019s exit will make any dent on the PDP. The PDP is an institution,\u201d Makinde stated. \u201cYou have the freedom to come and go. But if someone is going to hold the PDP down, it\u2019s better for that person to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also dismissed concerns about the growing influence of the ADC, asserting that political competition is healthy in a democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see the ADC as a threat to the PDP. If you\u2019re dissatisfied with the pace or direction of governance, you\u2019re free to associate with any platform,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Makinde concluded by emphasizing the enduring nature of national and institutional structures, saying, \u201cGovernors will come and go, presidents will come and go, but our country and our states will remain.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola &nbsp; Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has described the resignation of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as a form of \u201cliberation\u201d for the party, stating that it is better for internal obstacles to give way than to hold the party back. Atiku, the PDP\u2019s presidential candidate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70811,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70809\/revisions\/70811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}