{"id":359971,"date":"2025-07-02T09:34:50","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=359971"},"modified":"2025-07-03T06:06:26","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T05:06:26","slug":"breaking-former-senate-president-david-mark-resigns-from-pdp-gives-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/07\/02\/breaking-former-senate-president-david-mark-resigns-from-pdp-gives-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Senate President David Mark resigns from PDP, gives reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><strong>Mark&#8217;s official resignation from the PDP was contained in a letter dated June 27, ending his decades-long association with the party<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-7\">Former Senate President David Mark has officially resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\">Mark was among the founding members of the PDP upon return to democratic rule that ushered in Nigeria&#8217;s fourth republic in 1999.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\">Mark&#8217;s official resignation from the PDP was contained in a letter dated June 27, ending his decades-long association with the party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\">The development is not unconnected recent appointment as one of the interim leaders of the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC), where he will serve as the protem chairman of the party<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\">Within Nigeria had earlier reported that the coalition had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/07\/02\/coalition-finally-settles-for-adc-david-mark-aregbesola-bolaji-abdullahi-assigned-top-positions\/\">adopted ADC<\/a> as its party for the 2027 election, a move that signals a shift in Nigeria\u2019s evolving political landscape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\">Mark cited the protracted leadership crisis of the PDP, which he said has turned the party into a laughing stock, as one of the reasons for dumping the party<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\">\u201cThe irreconcilable differences in the PDP have subjected the party to public ridicule and reduced it to a shadow of its former self,\u201d he disclosed in his resignation letter addressed to the PDP leadership in Otukpo Ward 1, Benue State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-14\">Reflecting on his loyalty and contributions to the PDP over the years, Mark said:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-15\">\u201cI bring warm greetings to you and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Otukpo Ward 1, and by extension, to the entire Benue State and Nigeria. I write to formally inform you of my decision to resign my membership of the party with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-16\">\u201cYou may recall that over the years, I have remained firm and deeply committed to the ideals of the PDP. Even when nearly all stakeholders departed the party following our loss in the 2015 presidential election, I pledged to remain the last man standing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-17\">\u201cI have worked steadfastly to rebuild, reconcile, and reposition the party, efforts which, without sounding immodest, helped restore the PDP to national relevance and made it once again a party of choice for many Nigerians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-18\">However, he lamented that recent internal conflicts have severely weakened the party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-19\">\u201cRecent events marked by deepening divisions, persistent leadership crisis, and irreconcilable differences have reduced the party to a shadow of its former self, subjecting it to public ridicule,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-20\">Mark said the decision to leave the PDP came after extensive consultations with family, political allies, and close associates. He declared his next political move:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-21\">\u201cAfter wide consultations with my family, friends, and political associates, I have resolved to join the National Coalition of Political Opposition Movement in Nigeria, as part of the collective effort to rescue our nation and preserve our hard-earned democracy,\u201d he stated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark&#8217;s official resignation from the PDP was contained in a letter dated June 27, ending his decades-long association with the party. Former Senate President David Mark has officially resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). 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