Orubebe dumps PDP, says party not ready to regain power from Buhari

Daily Trust

A former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, has resigned as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In a letter addressed to the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, dated Monday, June 20, Orubebe stated that his resignation was with immediate effect and that he had notified his ward chairman in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State.

Orubebe expressed displeasure over the party refusal to zone the presidential ticket, adding that it was not ready to regain power from President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in 2023.

The letter read in part, “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 People’s Democratic Party, (PDP),” he said.

“I am highly honoured 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…